Greece may become the cheapest beach destination this summer. Country has been experiencing economic crisis and the European tourists will keep off Greece. It means the hotels will have to reduce the prices. Traditional for this destination dumping wars of Russian tour operators will also affect the price, announced Vladimir Vorobyev, President of Natalie Tours.

The Government of Altay takes all possible measures to attract the foreign tourists.

Starting from December 24, 2010 Aeroflot and Megafon will offer mobile services for the passengers.

The tourist flow to Crimea, Ukraine increased by 15% during the last 10 months and amounted to 5.6 million people, according to the data of the Ministry of the Resorts and Tourism. The number of the tourists from CIS countries increased from 24% up to 29%, but the share of the Ukrainian tourists decreased from 74% to 69%.

NiigataprefecturehasbeendevelopinghumanitarianandeconomicalrelationswiththeregionsofFarEastofRussiaformanyyears. Air service between the prefecture and the far eastern regions of Russia is a very important part of the chain to keep such relations. It has been already decided that the flights from Khabarovsk and Vladivostok to Niigata will be recommenced. The first flights after the break will be operated on December 29 and January 11 accordingly.

State duty for registration of foreign citizens will be abolished starting from January 1, 2011.

Aeroflot made a decision to offer again free wine in economy class.

The Russian authorities are planning to find out, why there are no cheap air tickets in Russia. It’s not a secret, that the tickets of budget air companies in Europe sometimes cost 10 or 30 Euros including taxes.

Starting from January 18, 2010 the visa abolition agreement between Russia and Chile will come into force.

The analysis which was held by the Greek Tourist Office in Moscow revealed the general preferences of the Russians.

The tendency of last months of 2010 showed that more and more tourists stay overnight in Tallinn. In particular, 978600 tourists stayed in Estonian capital during the period from January to September (+13% in comparison with the same period of last year). The number of overnights increased by 18% (1 753 900). The hotels of Tallinn served 554700 people during the first half of the year.

Aeroflot announced that the company is ready to transport the clients of Capital Tour if they have the tickets.

72 hours visas on arrival for the foreign tourists won’t be abrogated, announced Alexey Sazonov, Deputy Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 

Sheremetyevo international airport has opened a walking gallery between the terminals D and E, uniting clear zones of the terminals D, E and F. So Sheremetyevo has finished integration of its 3 terminals with Aeroexpress railway station in united air terminal complex.

Baltic States attract the Russians by the primordial nature, medieval aura and European service.