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Aeroflot’s onboard menu is among the best ones according to The Huffington Post

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:42:27 +0400

Aeroflot has become one of the best airlines of the world for onboard menu according to the American online newspaper The Huffington Post. This internet portal attracts 25 million monthly visitors.

ANTOR has elected a new Chairman

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:40:53 +0400

The director of Moscow representative office of Lithuania Birute Nenartavichute has become a Chairman of Association of National Tourist Offices in Russia (ANTOR).

Lanta-Tour Voyage announces

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

On Friday evening Association of Tour Operators of Russia has received an official statement from Lanta-Tour:

The visa free holidays of the Russians in Turkey will be decreased

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Starting from February 1, 2012 a new law, which limits the stay of the Russians in the country without visa to 30 days, comes into force in Turkey. Earlier, the Russian tourists could stay in Turkey without visa up to 60 days.

In December Abu Dhabi had a 90% increase of the Russian tourists

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Abu Dhabi is getting more popular among the Russians. According to the results of 2011, the tourist flow from Russia increased by 44% and amounted to 14 thousand Russians. The growth of December amounted to 90% in comparison with the same month of 2010. It was the highest indicator after Indonesia.

Sochi ski resorts will be opened for the tourists during the competitions

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Sochi ski resorts will be opened for the tourists during the testing competitions which will be held in February and March 2012. The restrictions will be only put on Roza Khutor, as this complex will be the major place for all the sport events of the Olympics, announces the press service of Mayor’s office.

The Embassy of Germany will issue visas with the help of private centres

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Starting from summer 2012 the Embassy of Germany in the Russian Federation plans to collaborate with private visa centre for handling the applications of the Russians.

The modernization of the airports of Kuban will be realized with the help of Singaporean specialists

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Basic Element company (Basel), Sberbank of Russia and Singaporean Changi Airports International have signed an agreement about the joint venture for upgrading the airports of Kuban.

South Africa will increase the tourist flow of the Russian hunters

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Republic of South Africa (RSA) plans to increase the tourist flow from Russia thanks to the new rules of import of the trophies from RSA to Russia, announced the Embassy of RSA in Russia.

The homeland of Russian Father Frost (Ded Moroz) will receive the tourists the whole year round

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

The Governor of Vologodskaya oblast Oleg Kuvshinnikov presented a whole year round project “Velikiy Ustyug is a homeland of Ded Moroz”.

The experts forecast a 20% growth for China in 2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

China is getting more and more popular among the Russians. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, 1 806 537 Russians visited China during 9 months of 2011 (+19% in comparison with 2010). About 1 100 000 Russians came with tourist purposes and 282 120 thousand travellers came to China for business.

More Russians in Thailand

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the data of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the tourist flow from Russia to Thailand increased by 57% in 2011. Thailand received 1 014 000 Russian citizens in 2011.

Sheremetyevo served 55 thousand passengers of the charter flights during the holidays

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the information of Sheremetyevo Analytical Service, during New Year holidays the most popular charter destinations were Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada, Antalya, Tel Aviv, Bangkok, Istanbul, Goa and Punta Cana. As for the traditional popular winter destinations: Paris, Vienna, Prague, Salzburg, Budapest and Riga.

More Russians traveled abroad during the holidays

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the Russian Aviation Authorities, the airports of Moscow sent 660 091 people during 9 days of 2012 (+10% in comparison with last year).

New Year’s greetings of Aleksandr Radkov, ATOR President and the Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Dear colleagues and friends!

Let me wish you a Happy New Year! The past year was rather difficult for the Russian travel industry. Nevertheless, our travel market showed the stability to the global problems.

Among our achievements was the beginning of large-scale federal target program concerning the effective promotional campaign of Russia for domestic and foreign markets.

I am sure that the next year will be successful for the travel industry and very interesting for the Russians from the perspective of the trips.

The tourist cluster of Khabarovskiy kray has been estimated at 3 billion rubles

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

It’s planning to create several tourist recreational zones in Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy island and recreational wellness centres in some nature reserves by 2015 in the framework of the regional target program of the development of the domestic and inbound tourism in Khabarosvkiy kray.

The beaches of Sochi will be accessible for physically challenged people

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Sochi city authorities have presented a program of development beach facilities for physically challenged people. Next summer all the public beaches will have necessary equipment.

The number of the tourists in Kaliningradskaya oblast has increased

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:22:02 +0400

The active development of the tourism has resulted in a growth of the tourists in Kaliningradskaya oblast: 420 thousand people visited the region in 2011.

More than 3.8 million people spent holidays in Sochi

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:48:34 +0400

Sochi received more than 3.8 million people which visited the city with the purpose of the leisure and wellness.

Moscow has joined social networks

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Two new pages in English about Moscow have appeared recently in Facebook and VKontakte. The city authorities plan to spend 2 million rubles for promoting Moscow in social networks.

The tourist flow increases, but the profitability falls

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Association of Tour Operators of Russia held a press conference about the results of the year and the prospects for 2012.

Lost passenger traffic of Egypt was divided between 4 countries

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

According to the research of Domodedovo Analytical Service, due to the instability in Egypt the passenger traffic of the air companies was distributed among other destinations.

Russia is among the leaders in number of the tourists in Hong Kong

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The Russians take again the leading position in number of the visits to Hong Kong. According to the data of Hong Kong Tourism Authority, almost 117 thousand Russians visited the place during the period from January to November 2011 (+49.1% in comparison with the same period of 2010). Just to compare, 467 818 tourists came from the UK, 206 548 people from Germany and 215 317 travellers from France.

The Russians choose Hungary for wellness

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

According to the Tourism Counsellor Bureau of Hungary, the Russians spent 379 thousand nights in the hotels of Hungary during the period from January to October 2011 (+16.7%).

The number of the Russians in Cyprus has been increasing

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The number of the Russian tourists in Cyprus increased by 55% in 2011, announces Cyprus Tourism Organization. Russia took the 2^nd place in number of the tourists instead of 4^th as it was several years ago.

PAC GROUP and MSC Cruises – a strategic alliance

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

On the 13th of December in National hotel PAC GROUP and MSC Cruises organized a joint presentation about the strategic partnership and cruise season of 2012.

The Russians are the leaders in number of the visits to Thailand during the flood

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:55:38 +0400

Russia took the first place among the European countries in number of the visits to Thailand during the period from January to November 2011. The growth was even noted during the flood period.

The number of the nights of the Russian tourists in Estonia exceeded 200 thousand

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:24:30 +0400

According to the data of Estonian Statistics Department, 2.34 million tourists stayed in the hotels of the country during 10 months of 2011.

More than 1000 Russian tourists may be left without New Year holidays

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

On the threshold of the holidays, Russian Aviation Authorities cancelled some flights from Vladivostok to Seoul by Korean Air. Under the threat of cancelation turned out to be all the sold flights including the dates of December 30 and December 31, 2011.

76% of the Russians choose red skiing slopes in the Alps

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Temmos, French group of companies conducted a research concerning the behaviour of the European tourists during winter holidays.