The incoming tourist flow in Russia increased by 50%

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15:20; 05 December 2024 year
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3.5 million foreign tourists visited Russia from January to October 2024. The increase in tourist traffic was 50% compared to the same period last year. This is reported by TASS with reference to Nikita Kondratiev, head of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development.

According to him, this year tourists from the Middle East began to travel to Russia more often: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. The flow of tourists from China is also not weakening, and the number of tourists from Southeast Asia has tripled: Malaysia and Indonesia.

It is expected that the tourist flow of foreigners to the Russian Federation will return to pre-nominal values in 2025.