The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has published draft regulations for state funding of airlines aimed at making flights to Simferopol and back more affordable
Now Aeroflot’s minimal ticket price for a flight from Moscow to Crimea’s capital is 7.5 thousand rubles. The carrier will provide up to 8 flights a day in summer. Flights from St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don to Simferopol also saw price reduction.
According to the tourism department of the Spanish embassy, the process of issuing visas to Russian tourists is going on at the usual rate. This March the number of the issued visas grew 12% as compared to the same period last year.
Its proposals are to be reviewed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. In case they approve the proposals, the latter will take effect next year. Tourist flow is expected to grow 40-60% thanks to the streamlined visa regime for Schengen countries.
Russian tour operators believe that demand for Krasnodar Krai may grow 30% during the summer season. Bookings are coming in at a high rate and extend till October
That is what Head of the Development Department of the Moscow Tourism and Hotel Business Committee Alexandr Kolesnikov believes, and he spoke about that during the business meeting ‘New Framework: Travel Business and Universities’. According to him, right now the capital’s travel firms are in need of about 4 thousand specialists.
On the eve of the Moscow spring week of travel business professionals, a new General Director of Tunisia’s National Tourism Office was appointed – Khaled Trabelsi, who then visited MITT-2014. TRN magazine took an exclusive interview with the new appointee, where he shed some light on the plans for developing the destination on the Russian market, the inner workings of the country’s tourism and the nuances of promoting Tunisia.
In March of 2013 TRN magazine released an interview with a representative of Bhutan’s tourist office in Russia. This year we have had another meeting with the country’s tourism authorities in order to get the latest news. TRN’s editor-in-chief had the opportunity to speak with Head of Planning and Projects Department of Bhutan’s Tourism Department Mr. Kinley Wangdi.
Inbound tourist flow rose 33% as compared to 2012. This time around, Russians bought more mid-range tours and fewer expensive ones. This is due to the fact that Russian operators have studied the Japanese hotel market and have come to the conclusion that even inexpensive Japanese hotels offered comparatively good quality.
The island is expected to be most popular among the repeat visitors who are genuinely fond of Greece. The carrier will be VIM Airlines, with flights departing once a week from Domodedovo International Airport.
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