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.
Travel companies report high booking rates for Sochi. Last year 3.8 million tourists spent their holidays in Sochi. The growth of the tourist flow for the spa and resort complex was 30%.
The trip lasted three days, during which they visited some of St. Petersburg’s more prominent landmarks
Travel business experts told TRN about this season’s sales for the Russian ski resorts
The most sought-after outbound destinations from January to September were Turkey (2.7 million people,+20%), Egypt (1.4 million people,+17%), Greece (1.1 million,+69%), Spain (887.1 thousand,+29%), China (787.2 thousand,-20%), Finland (787.1 thousand,+102%), Thailand (683 thousand,+23%), Germany (638.1 thousand,+20%), Italy (605.5 thousand,+31%).