On the eve of the Moscow spring week of travel business professionals, a new General Director of Tunisia’s National Tourism Office was appointed – Khaled Trabelsi, who then visited MITT-2014. TRN magazine took an exclusive interview with the new appointee, where he shed some light on the plans for developing the destination on the Russian market, the inner workings of the country’s tourism and the nuances of promoting Tunisia.
In March of 2013 TRN magazine released an interview with a representative of Bhutan’s tourist office in Russia. This year we have had another meeting with the country’s tourism authorities in order to get the latest news. TRN’s editor-in-chief had the opportunity to speak with Head of Planning and Projects Department of Bhutan’s Tourism Department Mr. Kinley Wangdi.
The island is expected to be most popular among the repeat visitors who are genuinely fond of Greece. The carrier will be VIM Airlines, with flights departing once a week from Domodedovo International Airport.
At the end of last week, during the second business meeting of Siberian hoteliers in the convention hotel ‘Novosibirsk’, there was a round-table discussion devoted to the issues of specialist training in the service and hotel business.
Egypt's ambassador to Russia Mohamed Elbadri attributes the slight drop in the Russian tourist flow to the safety measures that the local authorities have been implementing throughout the country's resorts
TRN magazine sat down with experts to discuss prospects for the destination in case Crimea joins Russia. Mass media reports that the State Duma is planning on reviewing a bill on facilitating the process of joining new subjects to the territory of Russia
According to the Mayor of Tatarstan’s capital, last year more than 1.5 million tourists visited the city
According to travel search engine Kayak, during the first week of February the number of search queries regarding the flights to the host city of 2014 Olympics has grown 15% compared to the first week of January. Despite the increasingly high demand, it is currently possible to buy a one-way ticket from Moscow to Sochi for 3,000 rubles ($85). Kayak analysts project the prices to drop even more in a few days. It is also possible to find a vacant room for the coming weekend at an affordable price.
Currently the Republic of Karelia is the third most sought-after domestic destination among Russians. In 2013 it was visited by about 1.9 million people, and this number has been steadily growing ever since the crisis of 2008. TRN magazine sat down with Chairman of Karelia's State Committee for Tourism Valery Kiryanov to discuss the future of the regional tourism.
According to tour operators, not all rooms in Sochi hotels have been occupied by fans. It is still possible to book rooms in mini-hotels and guest houses, but only in those that are removed from the main Olympic facilities.
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