Crimea sets new record for number of tourists
A total of 6.87 million people spent their holidays in Crimea over 10 months of 2019, which is up 10% than last year (6.8 million people), Crimea’s head Sergei Aksenov said. "The record-breaking …
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Anapa plans to expand city promenade
The authorities of Anapa are planning to expand the promenade near Walnut Grove. Earlier, local residents repeatedly addressed the city hall with a corresponding request. As a result, Mayor Yuri Polyakov instructed to develop a project for a new …
Caspian cruises to be launched by 2020
Russia, Turkmenistan team up to boost tourism via the Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan among top-5 countries in number of inbound tourists to Russia
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, …
Tez Tour CEO dies unexpectedly
According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, 46-year old Dmitry Shershnev, Director General of the Tez Tour tour operator died on Friday. “His death is a huge and irreparable loss for all of us. In the memory of …
Azerbaijani tourism potential being presented in Russia
A number of presentations dedicated to Azerbaijan’s tourism potential are being held in Russia's Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Kazan on August 27-29, according to the Azerbaijan State Tourism Agency. Three hotels, 10 Azerbaijani …
What do Russians replace Georgia with?
Azerbaijan and Armenia have benefited from a ban on flights to Georgia
Suzdal to adopt tourist fee experience of Crimea and Kuban
The authorities of the Vladimir region intend to initiate the introduction of a tourist fee in Suzdal, regional head Vladimir Sipagin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). “In five years, Suzdal …
Sochi ranks first among best places for family holidays in Russia
The resort town of Pyatigorsk entered the top ten places in Russia for family vacations in the summer. The rating was compiled by analytical agency TourStat. The survey was conducted on Children's Day. Sochi ranked first …
Ukrainian tourists pour to Crimea
The border guards in Crimea shifted to the enhanced access control due to the twofold increase in passenger and traffic flows from Ukraine, the Crimean border guards of the Russian FSB report. According to the reports, the …
Health tourism could be the next big thing for the Caspian
The next time you are thinking about visiting your doctor for relief from aches and pains, you may also want to buy a plane ticket and treat yourself to vacation while you get treatment. As Caspian News …
April meeting of Putin and Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow today. According to the Turkish leader, he plans to discuss with his Russian …
Sochi introduces fee for visiting Eagle Rocks
Starting today, visiting the Eagle Rocks in the Sochi National Park is not free of charge - now the excursion service will be available on the walking and educational route in the Matsesta forest area. “We pay attention that in …
Yevgeniya Svatukhina on Vesti.FM on difficulties in development of ethnographic and ethnic tourism
The topic of interaction between the components of the tourism and national relations system implies, among other things, consideration of such tourist destinations as ethnographic and ethnic tourism, the analyst of Vestnik Kavkaza, …
Tourism infrastructure to be subsidized in 22 Russia's regions
The Russian federal budget provides about 21 billion rubles ($320.1 million) for development of the tourist infrastructure for this year and two coming years, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. "I signed …
Krasnaya Polyana becomes most popular Russian ski resort in February
According to the statistics of booking hotels, apartments and houses on the website Tvil.ru, Krasnaya Polyana became the most popular Russian ski resort in February. On the second and third place are Sheregesh in Kemerovo and Bashkir Abzakovo …
Sights of Sochi to become mobile app
Sochi authorities are creating the first information center that will consider all the wishes of citizens and tourists. The first result of the center’s activities will be a mobile application with the sightseeing routes and points of …
Tourists asked to avoid mountains in Crimea
The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Crimea, Sergey Shakhov, said today that tourists were advised to temporarily refuse to visit the Crimean mountains after the incident with the blockade of more than 300 tourists on Ai-Petri …
Tourists chose Leysan Utyasheva as ‘people's head’ of Rosa Khutor resort
The winter season started at the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Kuban Sochi, and according to the tradition, it opened with the election of its unofficial head - the new burgomaster. According to the results of the national online voting …
Visitor’s tax does not frighten tourists in Caucasian Mineral Waters
For half a year of the experiment on the collection of the visitor’s tax in the Caucasian Mineral Waters health resort, the authorities collected 142 million rubles, the press service of the administration of Pyatigorsk reported. …
