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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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

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. 

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

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

Kaliningrad authorities decided to use old forts, castles, bastions, ravelins and other defensive installation in the territory of the region with tourist purpose.

Sheremetyevo international airport has finished the modernization of the call centre. As a result the airport has been supplied with modern equipment and up-to-date communicational digital systems.

For the purpose of attracting the tourists, Thailand uses the proved method – discounts and special offers. The tourists are not in a hurry to travel to Thailand now, being concerned about the aftereffects of the flood.

1.4 million foreign tourists visited Lithuania during 9 months of 2011. As Lithuanian State Department of Tourism announced to Tourinfo’s correspondent, 1.5 million people visited the country in 2010. It’s planning that this year will be finished with the increase of 20%.