
Rosstat published data on organized trips of Russian citizens abroad
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Rosstat statistics reflect the volume of organized tourism of Russian citizens abroad.
Türkiye, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) topped the ranking of destinations visited by Russians on organized tourist trips in 2025. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to Rosstat data.
According to the statistical bulletin, 3.713 million Russians visited Turkey, 1.96 million visited Egypt, and almost 1.16 million visited the UAE.
914.2 thousand Russians visited Thailand on tour packages, 509 thousand visited China, and 419 and 380.8 thousand Russian citizens visited Abkhazia and Vietnam.
Travel agencies also sent 196.6 thousand Russians to the Maldives, 150.1 thousand to the CIS countries and 120.5 thousand people to Sri Lanka.

Sanya, China's leading resort city on Hainan Island, has developed a more diversified, safer, and accessible tourism system through innovation and better service quality, enabling year-round tourist flow. Activities like surfing, yacht trips, and diving are growing in popularity, supported by government inspections and new regulations effective May 1. Foreign tourism rose 41.4% last year to over 1 million visitors.

The Kemerovo region took ninth place in the rating of tourist attractiveness of the Russian Geographical Society for 2025 with an index of 0.44. Over the year, the region received about 693.5 thousand tourists.

In France, it is planned to introduce mandatory accommodation reservations for tourists on the Tour du Mont-Blanc route from the spring of 2027, limit free overnight stays in tents, create a green brigade for control and limit the transportation of large luggage due to the growing burden of mass tourism on nature and infrastructure.

Arkhyz, Krasnaya Polyana and Kostroma are among the top 3 popular destinations for autumn holidays for Russians in 2026, according to OneTwoTrip. The average duration of vacation was 2.4 days, and the cost of a night’s stay was 10.7 thousand rubles. The share of solo travelers increased to 23%, park hotels and cottages became the main trends of the season.

Russia and Vietnam agreed to increase the number of flights to 105 per week on each side. In seven months of 2026, more than a million passengers were transported.

Tourists are increasingly choosing different resorts and holiday formats in Turkey depending on their expectations and budget, and not just a beach holiday, said travel agent in Bodrum Bekir Dolmuş, emphasizing the need to develop a variety of types of tourism to meet demand.