News of Travel Industry

Rostourism: 1 905 clients of Lanta-Tour are still abroad

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the data for the evening of February 2, 2012, 1 905 tourists of Lanta-Tour Voyage are still abroad. Such information was announced by the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism).

Russia and Fiji plan to abolish visas

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0400

The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has announced about the preparation of the documents about visa free regime with Fiji.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kaliningrad plans to attract the tourists by castles and fortresses

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

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

Sheremetyevo updated a call centre

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

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.

The hotels and air companies of Thailand reduce the price

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:10:53 +0400

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.

Russia is the third country for the tourist flow to Lithuania

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

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%.

The increase of the tourist flow Russia-China amounts to 15%

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The number of the Russian tourists in China amounted to 897.4 thousand people during the first 6 months of 2011. As for the Chinese tourists in Russia, the number amounted to 308 thousand people.

The most prospective markets for inbound tourism to Russia

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The tourists from Europe visit Russia more actively (Germany, France, UK, Italy). The most promising markets for Russia are China, India, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Korea, Turkey and Iran. At the same time, the problems with infrastructure hold back the development of these markets.

A medical tourism takes only 1% of total tourist flow from Russia

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Health tourism takes not more than 1% of all the tourist flow from Russia. In 2010 only 120 thousand Russians (from 12 million people who traveled abroad) had holidays for health or medical purposes. At the same time, the Russian health resorts received 4.5 million Russians (3% of the population of the country).

Malta expects to receive for 15% more Russians in 2011

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Malta is planning to receive 25-26 thousand tourists from Russia (+15% in comparison with last year), announced Antony Caruana, Director of Malta Tourism Office in Russia and CIS countries.

Greece has fixed the growth of tourist flow by 9%

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:50:30 +0400

More than 11 million people arrived in Greece by air during the period from January to October 2011 (+9.6%). Among the islands, the leading position held Crete. The airport (Heraklion) of this island received 2 169 000 foreign visitors during 10 months.

Lufthansa will double the number of the flights from Berlin to Moscow

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:42:35 +0400

Lufthansa is planning to increase considerably the air transportation from Berlin starting from the next summer. A new big airport (Berlin-Brandenburg) will be opened in Berlin in June 2012. It will replace two working airports: Schonefeld and Tegel.

Russia and the EU will prepare for visa-free regime starting from December

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:31:30 +0400

Russia and the European Union will finish the discussion of the visa-free regime terms during the Summit in Brussels in December. Such information has been announced by the Russian mass media with the reference to Sergey Lavrov, the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The package tours for the Russians to Euro 2012 will appear in December

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:40:06 +0400

Пакетные туры на Чемпионат Европы по футболу 2012 года, который пройдет в Украине и Польше, появятся в продаже в середине декабря, сообщил руководитель отдела спортивных программ компании "Роза ветров" Леонид Мосин.

Rostourism has published the booklets in English about the Olympics in Sochi and 2018 FIFA World Cup

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:21:16 +0400

The Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) has prepared a two-sided booklet about the Olympic facilities in Sochi and about the cities where 2018 Soccer World Cup games will be organized.

The metro will connect Vnukovo with Domodedovo

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The metro may reach Moscow airports Vnukovo and Domodedovo, announced Nikolay Shumakov, the Chief Architect of Metrogiprotrans.

A new call centre for the Russian and foreign tourists operates in Moscow

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:48:21 +0400

It is possible now to receive the information about some historical places, the location of the streets, addresses and telephones, working hours of the organizations, public transportation’s schedule, price and availability of the tickets.

The Russians will have long holidays

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:35:50 +0400

Next month the Russians will have a national holiday. We will have 3 days off in succession during the first week of November. The Day of National Unity will be celebrated on Friday (November 4). So the Russians will have the days off from 4th till 6th inclusive, announces Utro portal.

“Suzdal” ecological park will appear in Russia

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:27:31 +0400

The administration of Vladimirskaya oblast announced about their intention to create a multifunctional ecological park “Suzdal”. 60 billion rubles will be invested in this project.