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How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Is Affecting Tourism on Crete

How dramatically will the Russia/Ukraine conflict impact tourism on Crete? For starters, losing almost half a million visitors is not…

Cyprus Officials Upbeat Over Tourist Flows from Russia in 2022

Cyprus Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios has stated his optimistic view on the potential for tourist flows from Russia…

Mouzenidis Travel Folds: Is This the Sign of Things To Come?

Mouzenidis Travel folds. Will this spell the end for Ellinair and other affiliated companies run by the Mouzenidis family?

Greece Fishtails On Sputnik V – Pays Youth to Get Vaccinated

Greece is reversing course and requiring negative coronavirus tests from all passengers arriving from Russia, even those vaccinated.

Egypt Counting on Russian Tourists to Help Tourism Recover

Egyptian tourism officials are optimistic about more visitors in 2021. Officials hope Russian tourists will power a recovery of the…

The U.S. Covid-19 Travel Ban Signals a Disaster of a New Order

Stock markets are in freefall over the COVID-19 pandemic and Europe is in a panic over Trump's travel ban. But…

National Geographic Traveler Russia Names Greece “Best Beach Holiday Destination for 2019”

Greece took the top spot in a National Geographic Traveler Russia vote recently. The Russian version of the famous travel…

Tokyo Woos Russian Travelers to Japan

This week Moscow hotel "Radisson Slavyanskaya" held an event for the travel agencies and the media, and organized a new…

NAFI Polls Russians on 2018 Travel

According to research conducted by the analytical center NAFI, every third Russian will travel abroad, and half of Russians will travel in-country…

Greece Becomes Favored Russian Tourism Destination

The head of Russia's Federal Tourism Agency, Oleg Safonov says Greece may became the leader in bookings from Russians, by…

Vladimir Putin Says Egypt & Turkey Travel Problematic

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed last week the situation with regard to Russian tourists once again visiting Egyptian and Turkish…

Airbnb and Russia’s Ostrovok Tie Travel Knot

Airbnb has just announced having ventured into the Russian tourist market via a partnership with online accommodation service Ostrovok. The…

Europe Tourism Being Body Slammed Over Ukraine

The negative domino effects from the unrest in Ukraine are being felt all over Europe. In Slovenia hotels are reporting…

Oktogu.ru Reveals Top Russian Traveler Destinations for May

Russian online hotel reservations service Oktogo.ru has announced the most popular CIS cities for Russian travelers for May holidays. The…