Russians participating in a nationwide online poll have chosen to rename Moscow's gateway international airport after the beloved 19th-century poet Aleksandr Pushkin, local media reported.
According to Interfax, a majority of participants chose to swap the airport's current name, Sheremetyevo, for Pushkin, whose writings have been adored and memorized by...
Easing visa restrictions may increase Russia’s budget revenue from the tourism industry by 20-30%, the country’s Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin told state-run news agency TASS.
"According to our estimates, easing visa restrictions and making other major changes may help immediately increase Russia’s revenue from the tourism industry, which currently...
Syrian authorities are making persistent efforts to attract guests from Russia, with religious tourism viewed as a major area, the country’s tourism minister Rami Radwan Martini told reporters on Friday, according to RIA news agency.
"Work is in progress to attract tourists from Russia. The first area is religious tourism....
Turkey will again be the number one destination for Russian tourists this summer, the Association of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR) has said, according to Interfax.
Russian tourists have again decided in favor of Turkey for their vacations, which is seen by a 10%-15% rise in demand for Turkish tourist...
Sheremetyevo International Airport in the Moscow Region is recognized as the best global air harbor in the rating prepared by the UK-based Stasher, the luggage service provider, TASS reports.
Sheremetyevo ranks first in the airport rating with 6.50 points earned across eight individual indicators. The Moscow airport turned out to...
After years of lobbying for the introduction of a partial open-skies regime, the operator of St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, Northern Capital Gateway (NCG), has finally gained government approval for the move, Kommersant reports.
NCG sees the open-skies regime, which in general is the liberalization and ease of access and rules...
Russia’s charter carrier Nordwind Airlines, part of Turkey-backed leisure operator Pegas Touristik Group, will add two Boeing 737-800 narrow-body aircraft, bringing the combined fleet of Nordwind Airlines and its sister carrier Pegas Fly to 46 aircraft, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
Both aircraft were built in 2009 and were previously operated by the...
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot was named the most punctual mainline airline in 2019 in the annual On-Time Performance (OTP) Review by travel data and analytics firm Cirium, Lenta.ru reports.
The airline had an OTP score of 86.68 percent, while Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) followed in a close second...
Russian hotels and restaurants do not have the right to refuse service to Chinese customers, or they can risk facing penalties, the Consumers Union of Russia has said, according to Izvestia.
The organization noted that the services of restaurants and hotels are public, which means that they are obliged to...
Russian museums were grappling with too many Chinese tourists last year, but now they are facing a shortage due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Art Newspaper writes.
The virus was already having an impact on Moscow and St Petersburg’s main cultural institutions this month, the report says.
Apart from...
