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 project of the resort was included in the federal program ‘Developing Domestic Tourism in the Russian Federation’, and it is being financed from the state budget and from private capital. The construction is slated to end in 2018
Its members are Multitour, UTS Travel, Russian Express, Astravel, Travel System and National tour operator ALEAN
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.
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.
In March, right after the spring week of travel business professionals, another important event is slated to take place – a meeting between travel business leaders and travel students
Ethnographic tourism is the trademark of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug. However, the region’s travel authorities are looking to attract pilgrim and family tourists. As for the okrug’s capital, Khanty-Mansiysk, the town is already devising a programme for 2015 celebrations in order to get the status of the New Year’s Capital of Russia.
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.
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.
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