According to experts, the demand for river cruises in Russia’s European part is higher than the year before. Neither the shallowing of the River Volga nor Rechtourflot LLC taking French leave without fulfilling the obligations to its clients could affect the cruise industry.
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.
Only the countries with highly-developed travel industries have the privilege of actively fostering ecotourism. Vivid and bright Thailand, which has been gaining a lot of traction popularity-wise lately, is definitely among these countries. Travel business representatives from the world’s top tourist destinations were presented the philosophy of the Thai way of life at the Thailand Travel Mart (TTM+) exhibition.
“During the cleaning program, organized and supervised by the National Council for Peace and Order, things that hindered movement were removed from the beach, such as food kiosks, massage huts, and other illegal kiosks,” said CEO of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Thawatchai Arunyik. “Now each guest of the beach will be able to enjoy it in its pristine condition.”
The first part of a series of media tours for Siberian Federal District (representatives of federal and regional mass media) took place on July 11–13. The event aimed to provide an objective outlook for the region in the wake of June’s river flood.
Russian tourist flow to Israel is currently one of the fastest-growing in the Jewish country. Russians are Israel’s second most active visitors after Americans.
Superjob.ru has organized a poll among Russian citizens over 18 years old. The respondents were to answer the following question: ‘If for your holiday you had to choose between Sochi and Crimea, which would you choose?’
In order to achieve this result, the region’s authorities deem it necessary to expand the destination’s tourism capabilities not only for summer, but for winter as well. Also, special attention will be paid to developing domestic tourism and attracting tourists from Russian regions.
St. Petersburg’s Governor Georgy Poltavchenko: “Neither western sanctions, nor political scheming will undermine foreigners’ interest in the city”.
Today, like never before, Crimea has found itself in the global and Russian media spotlight. Travel Russian News magazine keeps its finger on the pulse and delivers the latest news about peninsula’s tourism and the industry’s development prospects and nuances as it is ‘breaking in’ the new Russian region. In this regard, we have initiated a National poll, which was conducted by our partner Superjob.ru. We present to you the poll’s results. Will Russians go to Crimea after all?
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