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.
Olga Kovitidi, Crimea’s Member of Federation Council, has held a press-conference in Moscow, where she gave a rundown on the peninsula’s travel season so far.
Skiathos, covered with lush olive trees and century-old pines, is the smallest inhabited island of the Northern Sporades Archipelago; yet it is quite densely populated because of steep rocks and many wonderful beaches. Media tour participants, along with the first Russian tourists, got the opportunity to experience this exuberance when they set off for the island on June 1. The tour, as well as the flight program, was organized by Panteon tour operator.
Once Crimea and Sevastopol acceded to Russia, our tourists' interest in this region was rekindled, particularly among young people, who have never been to Crimea and hence are unfamiliar with the region.
The DSBW experts expect the demand to increase a little in July. According to the forecast, it will constitute about 20-23 thousand queries in various search engines.
Such was the forecast that Mexico’s ambassador to Russia Ruben Beltran gave TRN magazine. Last year, according to Mexico’s travel authorities, the country was visited by 107 thousand Russians.
Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow has hosted Travel IT WorkShop, an exhibition that saw great success and was organized by online travel magazine Travel Russian News and marketing communications agency PR2Point
Article 3 of the new ‘Regulations on the organized transport of groups of children by buses’ prohibited the use of buses that have been in service for more than 10 years for this purpose, which, according to the Russian Tourism Union (RST), would have undermined children’s and school bus tourism.
It is the opinion of the Russian Tourism Union (RST) and of many travel business experts that the new ‘Regulations on the organized transport of groups of children by bus’, which are to come into effect on June 22, will undermine children’s bus tourism. RST has urged the government to postpone these regulations.
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.