Egypt's ambassador to Russia Mohamed Elbadri attributes the slight drop in the Russian tourist flow to the safety measures that the local authorities have been implementing throughout the country's resorts
TRN magazine sat down with experts to discuss prospects for the destination in case Crimea joins Russia. Mass media reports that the State Duma is planning on reviewing a bill on facilitating the process of joining new subjects to the territory of Russia
Travel Russian News magazine and Superjob.ru are ready to present the results of another joint research aimed at determining the attitude of Russians to a wide-spread tour operator service – early booking, and also at finding out which countries are often booked in advance.
According to the Mayor of Tatarstan’s capital, last year more than 1.5 million tourists visited the city
During the past year a record-high number of tourists visited Spain’s Catalonia, spending record amounts of money for the region. Being one of the main markets for Catalonia, Russia ranked fifth as to the number of arrivals. At the same time, Catalonia is still the most popular Spanish tourist region among Russians.
The latest developments in the Crimea have had a negative effect on the sales for the destination. Travel companies report that bookings for the local resorts have come to a halt, while a part of the customers opted out of the previously booked tours. Some experts believe that even if the situation in the region stabilizes sometime in the near future, the Crimea will still lose at least 50% of the Russian tourist flow.
Bookings for the destination are in full swing, and they extend up till October. According to Russian tour operators, demand for Krasnodar Krai may rise 30% during the summer season.
In 2012 the United Kingdom was visited by 227 Russian tourists. The official data for the last year has not been published yet. However, Head of Visit Britain Christopher Rodrigues says that there is every reason to believe that in 2013 there will be a significant increase in the tourist flow from Russia.
The source of financing is the budget of the federal program ‘Development of domestic and inbound tourism in Russia’
According to travel search engine Kayak, during the first week of February the number of search queries regarding the flights to the host city of 2014 Olympics has grown 15% compared to the first week of January. Despite the increasingly high demand, it is currently possible to buy a one-way ticket from Moscow to Sochi for 3,000 rubles ($85). Kayak analysts project the prices to drop even more in a few days. It is also possible to find a vacant room for the coming weekend at an affordable price.
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