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FEDERAL TOURISM AGENCY ANNOUNCED 28 THOUSAND RUBLES TO BE THE PRICE OF VACATION ON SAKHALIN ISLAND

The head of the Federal Tourism Agency Zarina Doguzova announced a new tourist product - charter flights to Sakhalin. The minimum price for an eight-day stay is 28 thousand rubles. The cost includes travel tickets, accommodation and excursions. travel tickets, accommodation ...

KOSMOKURS SPACE TOURISM COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED LIQUIDATION

Kosmokurs Company, the only private organization in Russia, engaged in the development of the space tourism market, will be liquidated. This was announced on April 6 by its CEO Pavel Pushkin. According to him, the reason for the liquidation of the business was the Russian bureaucracy, which hinders the design of the cosmodrome, which the company planned ...

THE FINNISH TRAVEL COMPANY DETUR HAS DECLARED BANKRUPTCY

An application for the insolvency of Detur Finland has recently been submitted to the Helsinki District Court. The firm, which reported financial difficulties back in September, also published a press release on its website. The reason for the bankruptcy in the company is called the growth of operating costs and the dynamics of jet fuel prices that defies rational forecasts. The tour operator experienced problems last year, repeatedly getting into scandalous situations. So, in September last year...

Instead of plane and sea: what kind of vacations Russians will have this season

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) revealed a number of distinctive features of the summer holidays of Russians in the coming season. This applies both to the terms of tours’ planning and their possible remoteness from home. According to Maya Lomidze, the Executive Director of ATOR, Russians are not in a hurry to book hotels for July-August this tourist season, first of all, in the Russian resorts of the Black Sea coast, which may be due to the previously introduced ban on flights...

DPR, LPR and Georgia can again be reached by car

Anti-COVID restrictions, introduced two years earlier, are being lifted. The next round of this process is the lifting of the ban on crossing the land border with the DPR, LPR and Georgia. Now the Russians again have the opportunity to cross the border points by car. The corresponding order was signed by Mikhail Mishustin the day before. The order, which limited the right of Russians to cross not only land, but also river, pedestrian and railway borders, issued just over two years ago, is cancelled...

Bankrupt resort in Khakassia may revive

... Valentin Konovalov has recently visited the territory of the resort. He noted that the activities for the sale of the property of the resort within the bankruptcy proceedings were in full swing. The new owner of the resort is obliged to save jobs and the tourism business itself. However, the search for a buyer is still ongoing. Earlier, the authorities reported that the alienation of the resort's assets should take place as part of a special program for the socio-economic development of the republic, ...

Russians are deprived of the opportunity to go on a cruise

According to ATOR, the largest companies that provide the opportunity to purchase cruise tours have stopped selling their products to Russians. The banned list also includes citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the DPR and the LPR. The measure is related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as possible financial risks for cruise companies and sanctions imposed by other states. Booking of new tours has been suspended in a number of organizations, including Carnival Cruise Line,...

Special operation in Ukraine may drive Russian tour operators to bankruptcy

... operation, which became the basis for the introduction of numerous sanctions by the Western countries, brings the risks of ruining many tour operators from Russia. This opinion is expressed by the experts from Turkey involved in the analysis of the tourism market. They are confident that sanctions against Russian aviation can lead to the collapse of the civil transportation market, including not only business, but also the tourism sector. Many travel agencies associated with the Turkish destination ...

Russian tourists will not be able to fly to the Dominican Republic and Cuba

... particular from the Ministry of Transport. On Monday, February 28, a special meeting is scheduled at the Ministry of Transport. It will discuss the possibility of providing humanitarian corridors for the return of Russian tourists. The day before, Federal Tourism Agency issued a statement in which it indicated that at the moment Russian tourists may encounter difficulties when returning home. They are advised to keep in touch with their tour operator or carrier and download the Overseas Assistant app.

Lithuania announced the start of issuing visas to Russian tourists

It became known that the visa centers of Lithuania will begin to accept documents for the issuance of Schengen visas to the citizens of the Russian Federation. A visa can be obtained for any purpose of travel. Russians will be able to enter the territory of Lithuania from March 31, 2022. To cross the border, you will also need a PCR test done within a maximum of 72 hours. A certificate of vaccination with a drug recognized in Lithuania is required as well. Sputnik V vaccine is not recognized in...

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