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.
While being interviewed by a visa officer, it is important to be honest and demonstrate your determination to come back to Russia after visiting the US
It is no secret that Russian tourism statistics are far from perfect and can only be described as confounding. For instance, Rosstat puts the number of ‘pure’ tourists who visited Russia in 2012 at a mere 2.57 million, while according to the St. Petersburg authorities’ measurements, 3 million foreigners came to the city during the same year.
The business meeting of the management of ‘Turpomosch’ (‘Tourist help’) with travel companies of the North-West took place in St. Petersburg. The participants discussed the nature of the organization’s work, its inner workings and prospects.
The trip lasted three days, during which they visited some of St. Petersburg’s more prominent landmarks
It has been announced at Europe+Asia Event Forum 2014, which has been held in the city
The Prime Minister of India, along with its Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, has already approved the initiative; now it is up to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do the same
As part of this campaign, in 2014 ‘Passenger port of St. Petersburg “Marine Facade”’ (the most advanced passenger terminal in the city) is going to introduce 50% discounts on port charges for the ships that enter the port during the off-season.
The meeting on partnership expansion between the Suomen Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish Railways) management representatives and tourist agents of St. Petersburg brought little result. ‘New opportunities for tourism’, which was the name of the meeting, were nowhere to be heard.
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