ATOR reported a reduction in Russian trips to Europe 10 times in five years

“The Russians made 0.8 million trips to Europe in Europe in 2024 with several objectives of the visit (mainly personal and transit), and 0.6 million of our citizens used air transport in the form of coupling flights. The total flow outside the EU countries amounted to 1.4 million Russian trips, ”said the report.

In addition, not all these visits were made for tourism. The Russians went mainly to Europe for business, treatment, study of family members, in their real estate and for other reasons, says the association.

They also pointed out that two thirds of trips to Europe last year were held through Turkey, and for about 200 thousand trips other transplant centers, including the EAU, Serbia, Morocco, Transcaucasia and the CIS.

In addition, in 2024, the Russians fell to the EU countries through death points with Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia and Norway. “Compared to 2023 (0.85 million), land entry into Europe from Russia decreased by 6%. At the same time, it grew only on the Polish border (by 32%), in the rest of the countries they decrease, ”said the Ator.

At the beginning of February, Izvestia with reference to the study of the online reserve service of hotels and apartments “Ostrovka” wrote that Russian tourists began to reserve trips to Kamchatka, Baikal, Sakhalin and the Murmansk region. During the year, the demand for these directions grew by 20%, analysts calculated.