Finland has proposed to the EU to include a ban on issuing tourist visas in the list of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as terminate Schengen visas for Russians. “Finland has proposed that in order to strengthen the unity of the EU, tourist visas should be included in the scope of EU sanctions. Finland considers it
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are closing entry from Monday for Russian citizens with tourist visas, including Schengen visas issued by third countries. “Together with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, we decided to jointly limit tourism opportunities for Russian citizens in order to protect public order and security. Now, it is impossible to guarantee that Russian
According to the preliminary estimates of the Association of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR), during the three summer months of 2022, only the massive beach resorts of Russia on the Black Sea and the Baltic, as well as the resorts of Caucasian Mineral Waters received about 13 million tourists. According to the ATOR Vice-President, Sergey
Analysts of the Tutu.ru travel service named the most popular foreign air destinations among Russians this May, which became known from the results of the study conducted by the online platform’s specialists. According to the data obtained, Yerevan (Armenia), Istanbul (Turkey), and Baku (Azerbaijan) are the most popular among Russian tourists. Their share in the
Tour operators TUI and Intourist will launch tourist charters from Moscow to Makhachkala (Dagestan) and Grozny (Chechnya), according to the head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova. The department agreed with the mentioned above companies to create affordable turnkey travel offers that include logistics, accommodation, and excursions, Doguzova noted. According to her, the first charter will fly
Tour operators, with the support of the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism), ensured the return from abroad of more than 80 per cent of organized Russian tourists, which was reported on March 16 by the press service of the agency. Russians abroad faced blocking of bank cards, delay and cancellation of flights. However, so far
The most popular tourist destination among Russians for the coming holidays, Defender of the Fatherland Day and International Women’s Day, turned out to be Egyptian resorts, which collected 40 per cent and 26 per cent, respectively, in the structure of tour sales, as specialists of the Level.Travel online tour search service found out. “It is
The frontman of the iconic rock band Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan, famous all over the world for hits such as ‘Personal Jesus’, ‘Enjoy the Silence’, and ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ said that if he was up for an extraterrestrial journey, he would choose a Russian spacecraft rather than one made by Blue Origin or
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, carrying TASS cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano, launched from site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The ship has been put into orbit. The meeting with the ISS will take place according to a four-turn scheme and will take
Russia is fully resuming flights with Cuba, Mexico, and Qatar from December 1, 2021, taking into account the epidemic situation there, according to the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. It is reminded that recently Russians also have got the opportunity to fly to Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica, and Argentina. And since November 9,
About 3.5 million tourists from Russia visited Turkey in January-September 2021, as reported by the press service of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), citing data from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. “The country’s border services recorded 3,456,859 visits of Russian citizens to Turkey in 9 months of 2021. This is
The Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) together with Russian tour operators will develop a tourist route to several regions of Siberia, where the country’s President Vladimir Putin likes to spend his recreation time. “We receive a lot of requests from tourists about where our President travels – people see unique places on TV and also
Turkey occupied a leading position in the top countries among the residents of Kazan, where they would like to go on vacation without their children (61 per cent of the total number of bookings falls on Kazan residents, according to the experts of the Aviasales service for air tickets search). The study results showed that
