Tourism

Thailand allowed tourists vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to enter Phuket Island and other tourist areas included in the Phuket Sandbox and 7 + 7 programs from September 1, without having to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Booking.com hotel booking service was fined one billion three hundred million rubles.

In 2021, vacationers in the Maldives are much more likely than before to stay not in five-star hotels, but in budget accommodation facilities, ATOR reports.

Egypt can guarantee the complete safety of Russian tourists, both at airports and in their areas of residence, said the Egyptian ambassador to Moscow, Ihab Nasr.

From September 10, the Montenegrin authorities are introducing a requirement for a mandatory negative test for COVID-19, confirmation of vaccination or a previous illness.

The Russian, whom the police of the city of Ho Chi Minh found on the street after 6 pm - the beginning of the "curfew" under the "Order on social distancing", which is now in force in the largest metropolis of Vietnam, received a fine of 2.2 million Vietnamese dong (96.33 dollars).

Russian tourists massively fell in love with resorts for the rich - in 2021, the demand for vacations in the Maldives and Seychelles has grown significantly.

Bangkok has in principle allowed those vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine to enter certain tourist areas of the country, the timing will be announced later.

Tourists from Russia ranked first in Cyprus among other foreign tourists in July, according to the Cyprus Ministry of Tourism.

The situation with fires in Greece remains tense, although most of the large outbreaks have already been taken under control and are taking place outside the tourist areas where Russians rest.

The Russian Embassy in Greece made recommendations to Russian tourists in connection with the ongoing forest fires in the Balkan Peninsula.

Since August, the number of flights between Russia and Belarus has increased, but the number of bookings is decreasing.

State Duma deputy and former head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko urged Russians not to travel to Turkey, which “sells weapons to Ukraine” and supports the war in Donbass.

Tour operators have estimated the demand for travel packages and named the cost of air tickets to the newly opened European country.

Holders of tourist visas who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus can now enter Saudi Arabia without being required to be in quarantine.