OREANDA-NEWS. Governor of subject of the Russian Federation Oleg Kozhemyako suggested Li Hui, special representative for Eurasian affairs of the PRC government, to increase the number of flights to Beijing from Vladivostok, the press service of the Primorye administration reported on Wednesday. Now between Vladivostok and Beijing, eight flights fly weekly. They are carried out by S7, Aeroflot, Aurora and Ural Airlines.

"China continues to be the leader in inbound tourism flow - for the three quarters of this year, the total number of arrivals amounted to 382.4 thousand. And, according to Oleg Kozhemyako, today it is important to provide tourists from both sides with affordable transport links to various directions. The head of Primorye proposed to expand a network of companies transporting travelers from China to Russia and vice versa", the report said.

This, according to the head of the region, will mutually increase the number of tourists and enable the Russian airline Aurora to carry out more flights to Beijing. For this, it is necessary to obtain additional slots for flights in the summer season of 2020.