Article 3 of the new ‘Regulations on the organized transport of groups of children by buses’ prohibited the use of buses that have been in service for more than 10 years for this purpose, which, according to the Russian Tourism Union (RST), would have undermined children’s and school bus tourism.
It is the opinion of the Russian Tourism Union (RST) and of many travel business experts that the new ‘Regulations on the organized transport of groups of children by bus’, which are to come into effect on June 22, will undermine children’s bus tourism. RST has urged the government to postpone these regulations.
Russian tourist flow to Israel is currently one of the fastest-growing in the Jewish country. Russians are Israel’s second most active visitors after Americans.
The forum took place on June 16-17 in a new hotel Radisson Rosa Khutor. The event was devoted to discussing the ‘Role of mega-events in the sustainable development of tourism’.
Experts’ estimations differ when it comes to assessing the prospects of the 2014 summer season in the sphere of educational tourism: some maintain that its volumes will stay the same or even increase, others remain cautiously pessimistic.
Olga Stus, accommodation certification expert of the Novosibirsk Center for Certification and Production Quality Monitoring, told TRN magazine about the problems and development prospects of this segment.
Foreign yachtsmen, who were granted the right to enter Russia’s inland waters in 2012, are reluctant to use this opportunity.
Diana Lavrikova, Press Secretary of Russian Railway Tours, told TRN magazine that demand for railway tours was quite good, and train tickets almost always sold out.
Forecasts say that this year the country will be visited by almost the same number of tourists as the year before, which is 20-26 million people. Russian tourist flow to the country in particular is predicted to experience the growth of up to 10%.
New international flights have been added to the schedule of the Moscow airports in 2014.
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