According to Domodedovo Airport, from March to September of 2013 almost all top destinations were growing, aside from Egypt and Croatia. The mean growth value constituted 15.8%.
According to experts, car travel may well become one of the most popular types of domestic tourism in Russia. TRN magazine set out to explore the current market situation, while also getting expert opinion on the demand for the car tourism product, its peculiarities and the prospects for developing the segment.
As for the Russian tourists who have visited China this year, their number amounted to 883 thousand, which is a 12% year-over-year drop
The leaders of online travel business gathered in the Moscow ‘Aerostar’ hotel on November 14-15 for the annual conference E-Travel, with Travel Russian News magazine as the media sponsor. Representatives of more than 30 companies from Russia, Denmark, India and the UK presented reports and took part in panel discussions on the most urgent and relevant topics.
During the First Russian-Chinese Culture and Tourism Forum that took place earlier in St. Petersburg, culture ministers of Russia and China, Vladimir Medinsky and Cai Wu, signed an agreement on new cooperation programs for 2014-2016, reports the TRN correspondent.
Russian Union of Travel Industry has sent a letter to Thailand’s tourism minister Somsak Pureesrisak voicing concerns about the safety of Russian tourists in the country, as TRN magazine has learnt from the Union.