Posted on Dec 28, 2022
Organized Tourism to Russia Drops by 90% in 2022 – Kommersant - The Moscow Times
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From anti-Putin dissident website..."Sergei Romashkin, the head of Russian tour operator Delfin, which estimated the 90% drop in organized tour arrivals, said that the industry is hampered by Russia’s negative image, the ban on the use of Visa and Mastercard in the country, as well as Russia’s own restrictive visa regime."
Organized Tourism to Russia Drops by 90% in 2022 – Kommersant - The Moscow Times
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..."Sergei Romashkin, the head of Russian tour operator Delfin, which estimated the 90% drop in organized tour arrivals, said that the industry is hampered by Russia’s negative image, the ban on the use of Visa and Mastercard in the country, as well as Russia’s own restrictive visa regime.
“The flow is ensured by individual tourist, business and private trips,” Dmitry Gorin, vice president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry, was quoted as saying.
Many tour operators have shifted from inbound tourism to organizing domestic tours in Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to Kommersant.
“A noticeable flow from Europe should not be expected” in 2023, Romashkin told the newspaper, forecasting “small growth” from countries that have visa-free agreements with Russia, such as Iran, as well as visitors from Turkey and India.
Some industry experts are nevertheless pinning their hopes on a 2023 tourism revival driven largely by the Asian market. In particular, optimists are looking to China, which is expected to announce plans to reopen its borders in January, as a possible source of tourism next year."
..."Sergei Romashkin, the head of Russian tour operator Delfin, which estimated the 90% drop in organized tour arrivals, said that the industry is hampered by Russia’s negative image, the ban on the use of Visa and Mastercard in the country, as well as Russia’s own restrictive visa regime.
“The flow is ensured by individual tourist, business and private trips,” Dmitry Gorin, vice president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry, was quoted as saying.
Many tour operators have shifted from inbound tourism to organizing domestic tours in Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to Kommersant.
“A noticeable flow from Europe should not be expected” in 2023, Romashkin told the newspaper, forecasting “small growth” from countries that have visa-free agreements with Russia, such as Iran, as well as visitors from Turkey and India.
Some industry experts are nevertheless pinning their hopes on a 2023 tourism revival driven largely by the Asian market. In particular, optimists are looking to China, which is expected to announce plans to reopen its borders in January, as a possible source of tourism next year."
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