Currently, international tourism takes up 29% of the global services export. Tourism places fifth among the global export industries, coming in after the energy, chemical, food and automotive industries. However, for many developing countries tourism is the most important industry.
Taken in absolute terms, it was 70.9m people. Passenger traffic on international air lines of the Moscow airports takes up 44% of this figure (18.1m)
The airlines that are going to participate in the ‘Crimean’ subsidizing program have already given to understand that the planned tariffs and subsidies were not enough to make the economics of flights profitable, or at least for them to break even. Oleg Panteleev, Head of Aviaport’s analytical service, told TRN about it while commenting on the topic.
In order to achieve this result, the region’s authorities deem it necessary to expand the destination’s tourism capabilities not only for summer, but for winter as well. Also, special attention will be paid to developing domestic tourism and attracting tourists from Russian regions.
In 2013, Russians were issued the biggest number of visas in Italy: 770 thousand. The country puts great value on Russian tourists. Strained relations between Russia and the EU, coupled with the growth of euro against ruble, makes Italian travel companies uneasy.
The Rosaviatsiya Federal Air Transport Agency has authorized airlines Ak Bars Aero, Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, Nordavia, Red Wings, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, Yakutia Airlines and Yamal Airlines to perform subsidized flights to the Republic of Crimea.
Starting March 27, Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport officially gets a new lease of life: two old terminals were closed, and all flights are now serviced by the new Terminal 1
According to Deputy Russian Ministry of Culture Alla Manilova, who said it during the conference ‘Government Support for Small Hotels and Small Businesses in Tourism’
St. Petersburg’s Governor Georgy Poltavchenko: “Neither western sanctions, nor political scheming will undermine foreigners’ interest in the city”.
Many health resort facilities of Crimean village Peschanoe are experiencing problems with booking