The region aims to achieve this result after completing project Amberlend – a new resort and entertainment town.
The authorities of the Republic of Karelia have approved the regional government financing program. The total amount of financing within the program’s framework will amount to about $9bn, which will be drawn from federal, regional and local budgets, as well as from off-budget sources.
More than 3,000 charter flights will be organized between Russia and Thailand during the coming winter season of 2014–15.
Despite the losses suffered by tour operators, experts believe that the total tourist flow from Russia to Crimea may well reach last year's results.
Travel season in Abkhazia is not exactly going without a hitch. There had been an upsize in early bookings, but the political situation, as it so often does, undermined the plans, and demand dropped.
CEO of Versa tour operator expects the market conditions to stabilize within the coming weeks. “And if our tourists believe us and understand that they are protected, the situation will take even less to normalize,” he added.
The Russian Ministry of Culture has announced a set of measures for regulating the travel market that it has put together during the recent expert committee meeting. According to Deputy Minister of Culture Alla Manilova, these measures are adequate and do not put pressure on the market, aiming to make it more suited to the modern standards and more transparent.
Just as DSBW analysts predicted a month ago, in July 2014 the demand for excursion tours to Europe grew almost 19% as compared to June. At the same time, prices for excursion tours have dropped a little, about 6%. These are the results of Excursion Tour Index EXDEX for July 2014, which was compiled by the DSBW analysts.
The key hurdle facing Russia’s travel industry today is, without a doubt, the lack of information on holiday offers in the domestic market. Poor awareness of our homeland’s beauty and richness, scarceness of information regarding tours and accommodation and outdated prices all come together to put a damper on domestic tourism growth.
The project was carried out by New Zealand company AJ Hackett International, which already owns similar parks in seven countries. Special cooperation conditions are offered to travel companies.
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