Georgia and Abkhazia are among the top 5 wine importers in Russia, in total these two small South Caucasus countries outrun Spain, which exported almost a fifth of the total volume of wine imported to Russia in 2018 (43.7 million …
Azerbaijan is among the top five countries in terms of the number of foreign citizens arriving in Russia in the first half of 2019, according to the TurStat portal. The number of trips from Azerbaijan to Russia increased by 22,000, …
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara an Moscow has started talks to allow Russian nationals to travel to Turkey without a passport. "We’ve started meetings in order to pave the way …
There has been a surge in the demand for spending New Year holiday vacations in Turkey, some travel companies said about doubled number of bookings compared with the previous year, according to the statement, published on the website of the …
About 18 billion rubles will be allocated from the Russian federal budget for the development of the North Caucasian tourist cluster. These funds will allow the "Resorts of the North Caucasus" to create a developed infrastructure in the …
Baku topped the list of the most popular destinations for summer holidays among Russian citizens, according to TurStat. The top-5 places also include Minsk, Almaty, Yerevan and Astana. They are followed by Tashkent, Chisinau, …
Russia should create a ministry of tourism, the chairman of the State Duma's Physical Culture, Sport, Tourism, and Youth Affairs Committee, Mikhail Degtyarev, said at a press conference dedicated to the World Cup 2018. …
Russian Federal Agency of Air Transport intends to abolish programs for training commercial aviation pilots, which could have a significant impact on the performance of passenger air travel, the Kommersant newspaper writes. …
Russian tour operators note that Turkey is one of the most popular tourist destinations during this period, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) said. Thus, the demand for tours to Greece increased by 15-20%, to the Czech …
Participants of Russia’s High Church Council meeting chaired by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, paid tribute to the memory of the Russian A321 plane crash victims that …
A year before largest international exhibition 'Astana EXPO-2017', Kazakhstan is ready to introduce new programs of extreme and industrial tourism, in which guests of the forum will be able to participate. In particular, the country may …
Despite the decision to "lift Turkey tourism ban", made yesterday after phone conversation between Russian and Turkish presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey should not expect the …
Many of the requirements for this type of tourist complexes have been violated in the Park-Hotel Syamozero summer camp, where 14 children died on Saturday, experts told Vestnik Kavkaza, commenting on the tragedy in Karelia. They also spoke about …
The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov has announced readiness for the beginning of the holiday season. The program "Opinion" and its presenter Evelina Zakamsk stressed on TV channel Russia 24 that: "Crimea is ready to receive …
A joint action program for 2016-2018 to implement the agreement between the governments of Russia and Iran on cooperation in tourism will be signed during the visit of the Russian delegation, led by the head of the Federal Tourism Agency, …
Iran's Ministry of Tourism is ready to support the initiative to unilaterally abolish the visa regime for Russians, Deputy Minister of Murtaza Rahmani Movahed said. "Certainly, we support the idea, and we will …
After the completion of the increasing of the security level at the airports of Egypt it will be possible to raise the issue of resumption of air traffic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today. …
The Russian Federal Tourism Agency completed a program of the evacuating of Russian tourists from Turkey, the press secretary of the Federal Tourism Agency, Svetlana Sergeyeva, said. "We have completed a …
The tourist flow from Russia may sharply decrease after the reports of a bomb explosion on board of the Russian A321 aircraft crashed in Egypt on October 31st, the head of the Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov, …
Today there were reports in the media that the State Duma is discussing the further protect of citizens from the risks of foreign travel in the form of the introduction of exit visas. These words are attributed to the Deputy Governor of the …
