Russian Travel Digest

Among Russian tourist Myanmar is less popular country in Southeast Asia. However, Myanmar (several years ago known as Burma) is successfully increasing tourism popularity, although not so fast as, for example, neighboring Vietnam,   According to the official tourism statistics of Myanmar, in 2016 this country hosted 5,487 Russian tourists, which is 0.43% of the total tourist flow. This, however, is more than the number of Austrians (4,857) or New Zealanders (5,026), who arrived in Myanmar that year...

Laos is a singular country of the Indochinese Peninsula, which has no coastline, so beach lovers have nothing to do here. Those, who are interested in untouched nature and treasures of ancient cultures, go to Laos. There are many beautiful Buddhist temples and palaces in Laos. Thus, the city of Luang Prabang with its royal palace and the Wat Phou Buddhist temple near the city of Champasak are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The cave city, which is located in the north of the country on the Mekong River, also is very popular among tourists...

Thailand is in the TOP 10 foreign countries visited by Russian tourists. According to the annually published data of Rosstat, Rosturism and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, the country was visited by: 2015 year - 675,089 Russian tourists 2016 year - 866,597 Russian tourists  2017 year - 1,094,000 Russian tourists  2018 year - 1,700,000 Russian tourists  At the media briefing held during ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019 in Vietnam it was announced by the representative of the Ministry of Tourism...

Singapore Airlines was named the "Best Asian Airline" in Russia and the CIS countries by the Business Traveller for the third year in a row. Singapore Airlines already received this Award in 2016 and 2017. The ceremony took place in Moscow on November, 15, 2018.   Business Traveller Awards are given annually for outstanding achievements and innovations in the field of business tourism. In 2018,  37 nominations were presented in 5 categories: "Airlines", "Airports", "Destinations - Business Traveler's Choice", "Hotels", "Arsenal"...

From April 29, 2019, S7 Airlines will start flights from Pulkovo to the Italian island of Sardinia. The flights will be operated to the city of Olbia and will become a novelty in the new schedule of St. Petersburg air harbor. The flights of S7 Airlines from Pulkovo to Sardinia will be performed on Mondays and Fridays. "On Mondays, departure from Pulkovo Airport is at 09:35, arrival in Olbia - at 12:35 local time. The return flight departs at 13:35 and arrives in St. Petersburg at 18:30. Departure from St...