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A total of 232,000 tourist visits were made to the Russian Federation from Estonia in the first half of 2019, according to Russian tourism agency TurStat, a 9 percent rise year-on-year (y-o-y), ERR reports. The figure makes Estonia the ninth most significant country for tourism to Russia, BNS reports. The report...
On April 15, Russia stopped flights to Turkey because of the worsening COVID-19 situation in this country. By this time, Russians had booked 560 thousand tours to this country, of which almost 40% were rebooked for tours in Russia, said the head of the Russian Union of Travel Industry...
The global gaze gathered on Russia this summer, as the country hosted the world’s most-watched sporting event – the FIFA World Cup. For many visitors, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport was their first impression of the country on arrival, and their last impression on departure, and preparations included the opening...
The next special flight to take Russians out of the United States to Moscow is tentatively scheduled for May 14, the Russian embassy in Washington said, TASS reports. Only Russian citizens who permanently reside in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in several Central Russian regions, can register for...
The Russian prosecution will probe reports of two dogs who sustained injuries during flights operated by Aeroflot Russian Airlines, spokesperson for Moscow transport prosecution Yekaterina Korotkova told TASS. "Moscow inter-regional transport prosecution has launched a probe into reports published via mass media about dogs injured after flying with Aeroflot traveling...
Azur Air, the biggest charter airline in Russia, has launched regular weekly Boeing 767-300 flights from Moscow’s Vnukovo to China’s Taiyuan, with the new flight program targeting Chinese tourists visiting Russia, the company announced. The new service’s first 328 passengers arrived in Moscow last Saturday and, until recently, Azur Air...
Air passenger traffic between Russia and Helsinki‘s Vantaa Airport has increased by 15.9 per cent year-on-year, reaching 261,400 passengers in the first six months of 2019, Rusaviainsider.com reports.  The highest growth rates were registered in April and May of this year and Finavia, the airport’s operator, told the news website...
Russia will no longer impose value added tax (VAT) on the import of civil aircraft into Russia for any purpose, including for commercial use on charter flights, Corporate Jet Investor writes. Federal Law No. 373-FZ, signed by President Vladimir Putin, also provides that imports of aircraft engines, spare parts, and...
Russia’s capital has ranked first in Europe in terms of hotel occupancy rate since November 2020, the country’s Vedomosti newspaper announced on Wednesday referring to the Cushman & Wakefield international consulting company’s report, TASS writes. According to the newspaper, Moscow hotels were filled by 39% in November, while in Istanbul,...
Russia will keep flights to and from the United Kingdom suspended until February 1, 2021, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Tuesday, TASS reports. "The anti-coronavirus crisis center has decided to keep flights to and from the United Kingdom suspended. In order to protect public health, the...