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.
At the end of last week, during the second business meeting of Siberian hoteliers in the convention hotel ‘Novosibirsk’, there was a round-table discussion devoted to the issues of specialist training in the service and hotel business.
TRN magazine brings you an overview of the events of the upcoming exhibition
At the opening ceremony Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou thanked Russia for its loyalty and help during his country’s tougher times
A new rural tourism project will be launched in April – the portal ‘Росагротуризм.рф’ (‘Rosagrotourism’).
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.
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.
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.
You do not have to leave Russia if you want to see Buddhist temples, learn the secret of the shaman’s tambourine, and feel closer to the nature. All this and more awaits you on a trip to one of the remote and truly unique regions of the country – the Tuva Republic. TRN magazine spoke with Tuva’s Minister of Culture Vyacheslav Dongak about the course of development for the republic’s tourism.