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Russian Railways Concessional Travel for Kids

2017-04-20 by Delia Gavrilescu

Russian Railway’s

Speaking of great programs across Europe and the world, in Russia kids can use concessional travel on trains at half the normal price beginning July 1st. Some 2.5 million Russian children aged 10 to 17 years will benefit according to the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov.

Tags: Oleg Safonov, Olga Golodets, Russia tourism, Russia trains, Russian Railways, Russian travel, transport

Crimea for Vacation: Beyond CNN and the Political Stir

2016-10-13 by Phil Butler

Villa Elena Yalta

CNN and other mainstream media need westerners to feel like geo-policy has somehow ruined the Crimea peninsula for tourism. Since voting to return to being Russian, the people of this fascinating part of the world have weathered a political blitz, sanctions, and outsiders doing everything possible to misrepresent the reality there. Here is a candid […]

Tags: Beach destinations, beaches, Crimea, Crimea beaches, Crimea parties, Russia travel, Russian travel, Sevastopol, Villa Elena Yarta, Yalta

FSUE “Atomflot” Offers Cruises to North Pole

2016-05-02 by Liliana Steffens

50 Years of Victory at the North Pole (Poseidon Expeditions)

The nuclear powered icebreaker, FSUE “Atomflot” will make four of five voyages to the North Pole, according to Deputy General Director and Chief Engineer Mustafa Kashka. The company says the 12 day journeys aboard 50 Years of Victory will cost tourists around 1.8 million rubles ($28,000 US).

Tags: 50 Years of Victory, Atomflot, Cruise Russia, North Pole, Russian travel

Russians Spend More & Travel Often – Visa

2015-09-25 by Delia Gavrilescu

Visa Global Travel Intentions Study 2015

According to the most recent figures from a global study bv Visa, Russians spend on average $2,730 dollars on foreign travel, roughly 20% more than the worldwide average.

Tags: Russian travel, Russians, Turkey Travel, visa, Visa credit

Russia’s Dobrolet Airlines in Holding Pattern Over Europe

2014-08-04 by Phil Butler

The “boomerang effect” of US and EU sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin foretold of may be about to hit Europe travel businesses hard. The newly launched Russian low-cost Russian airline, has been forced to suspend its operations after the European Union (EU) sanctioned the airline over the Ukraine crisis.

Tags: aeroflot, EU, EU sanctions, EU tourism, EU Travel, German travel, Greece travel, Irkut MS-21, Russia outbound, Russia tourists, Russian travel, Sukhoi Superjet 100, Vladimir Putin

Tough Love for Mother Russia: Stop the Touristic Horror

2011-06-24 by Phil Butler

Russian streetcar

In news from the Moscow Times, tourism to the Russian Federation has taken a hit this year so far as excessive costs and red tape have stifled European inbound travel there. According to the newspaper, the first quarter of 2011 saw a 24% decline in tourists from Europe. With the Sochi Olympic just around the corner, it may be time for half measures to cease.

Tags: Allegro, Finland tourism, Finland visa, President Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Putin, Russia economy, Russia tourists, Russia visas, Russian businesses, Russian economy, Russian Federation business, Russian tourism, Russian travel, visa trouble

Russia & EU Closer to Free Visa Agreement

2011-01-13 by Phil Butler

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offers a ray of sunshine for those who want a free-visa zone between the EU and Russia. At a press conference the Minister told reporters Russia and the EU are much closer to an agreement. So far the EU has stonewalled every attempt by the Kremlin to free up travel and tourism between Russia and the rest of Europe.

Tags: athletics, Eastern Europe tourism, EU Travel, free visa, President Medvedev, Russian travel, Sergei Lavrov, Sochi Olympics, tourism, travel to Russia, travel zones, visa, visa-regime, visit Russia, Vladimir Putin

Russian Federation Tourism Initiative Moves Forward

2010-11-19 by Phil Butler

The Ufa River of Russia - places you never saw - courtesy Sergei Ezhov

The Russian Federation’s travel and tourism initiative goes forward with a Moscow convention directed at the problems of medical tourism in Russia. The Russian Tourist Industry Union reaches out to the industry to help solve Russia’s principle issues where the disabled are concerned. Just as Prime Minister Putin embraces his gifted Bulgarian sheepdog, Russia seems to want to embrace the world now.

Tags: Bulgaria, disabled tourism, disabled travel, disabled travlers, medical tourism, Russia infrastructure, Russia news, Russia toursim, Russian Ministry of Health, Russian rail travel, Russian tourism news, Russian travel, Sergei Shpilko, Vladimir Putin

To Russia With Love

2010-10-20 by Phil Butler

Jewel of the Urals, Ekaterinburg

Russia’s government now intent on breaking down barriers for the travel and tourism industry there. What has been one of the most difficult countries in the world to visit, should the plan succeed, will become one of the world’s most visited. Russia holds some of the world’s greatest tourism treasures, and now more people will be able to share them.

Tags: Angela Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Tourism, moscow, Nadezhda Nazina, Russia travel, Russia travel industry, Russia trouism, Russian travel, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Volga, Yamal




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