INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
isolation over its invasion of Ukraine kept most travelers away, the Kommersant business daily reported on Tuesday.Official figures place
the year-on-year drop in Russia's inbound tourist numbers as a whole at just 40%, from almost 290,000 last year to 190,000 in 2022,
Kommersant said.In 2019, some 5.1 million tourists visited Russia, of which as many as 400,000 came as part of an organized tour.Sergei
Romashkin, the head of Russian tour operator Delfin, which estimated the 90% drop in organized tour arrivals, said that the industry is
Industry, was quoted as saying.Many tour operators have shifted from inbound tourism to organizing domestic tours in Moscow and St
In particular, optimists are looking to China, which is expected to announce plans to reopen its borders in January, as a possible source of
