RUSSIAN INBOUND TOURISM COLLAPSED LAST YEAR

Richard Moor -
Russian inbound tourism is - not surprisingly - at a standstill. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (Ator), the number of visitors to the country fell by 96.1% in 2022. The count ...

TURKISH ANTALYA TO WELCOME ABOUT A HALF TOURISTS FROM RUSSIA

Andrea Hausold -
The number of tourists coming to Antalya by the end of the year is expected to exceed 10 million. While flights from Russia increased in June, the number of tourists from Russia coming to the city exc ...

CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY TOURISM HELPS LAOS REVIVE THE ECONOMY

Pat Hyland -
Laos shows signs of economic improvement as its projected growth rate is expected to reach 4% in 2023, 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2022. It is also expected to return to pre-pandemic levels. ...

VIETNAM'S TOURISM ACCELERATES RECOVERY AND GROWTH

Andrew J. Wein -
As of March 15, 2022, Vietnam has fully resumed its tourism activities after over two years of stagnation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's tourism industry is recovering and developing to b ...

AFTER GREECE AND ITALY, SPAIN WILL DROP THE COVID RESTRICTIONS FOR TOURISTS

Andrew J. Wein -
After the competing travel markets, such as Greece or Italy, have abolished the requirement of the vaccination certificate for the entry of tourists, Spain takes a step in the same direction to reopen ...