Important tourism destinations in Europe are ready for a thriving summer season sans visitors from Russia due to restrictions regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict and ensuing measures implemented by the country’s capital Moscow. Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia has wanted …

Turkey is keen to improve its tourism revenue and take it to the pre-pandemic levels in 2022. The country is also interested to revitalize its crisis-hit economy after going through a massive crash in currency wiped half the value of …

Mussa al-Nahas sat outside his fragrance and spice shop overlooking the Red Sea looking happy at the sight of Russian tourists, who have started coming back to Sharm el-Sheikh after six years following a terror attack. “Today is much, much …

Numan Kurtulmuş, Culture and Tourism Minister of Turkey anticipated that the country will host more than 6 million Russian tourists this year. To quote the minister as informed to the state-run Anadolu Agency during a recent visit to Moscow, “It …

According to the World Tourism Organization, Middle Eastern tourism in 2017 saw a huge number of Chinese and Russian visitors who boosted the industry rather than the Europeans.       The Mideast region as a whole drew 58 million …

Looking at the economic drivers, the value of the Russian rouble is stable and firming gradually, helped by Russia’s decision to join OPEC and cut oil production, which has supported an oil price recovery to over $60 per barrel, while …