Russian travelers made 14 million trips in 2023 ( with the exception of post-Soviet countries). The increase to 2022 is 27.6%., About 8.1 million of these 14 million trips were organized by tour operators, according to ATOR's preliminary estimate. This is a 16.4% increase compared to 2022.
Making the top of tourist destinations (countries where Russians travel by train mainly for tourist purposes), the focus should be done not only on the statistics of border services (which do not take into account flights with transfers), but also on data on the entry of Russians from foreign countries.
The top 10 countries where Russians travel for tourist purposes in 2023 were previously called by Association of tour operators of Russia (ATOR). Below is a list with clarifications, according to the published annual statistics of border services and foreign countries.
Here are the most popular countries among Russian tourists in 2023:
Turkey (6.3 million visits, according to national statistics, including transit through Istanbul, +20.7% compared to 2022),
UAE (1.7 million visits, FSB Border Service data, including transit, +42.5%),
Thailand (1.48 million visits, according to national statistics, +240.6%),
Abkhazia (1.3 million visits, estimated by the Ministry of Tourism of Abkhazia, +13%)
Egypt (1.28 million, FSB Border Service data, +35.4%),
China (966.1 thousand) trips, data from the FSB Border Service, + 420% by 2022),
Maldives (209.1 thousand trips, according to national statistics, +3.6%),
Sri Lanka (1970.(according to national statistics, +116.4%),
Cuba (185 thousand), estimated by the Ministry of Tourism of Cuba +240%)
Indonesia (160 thousand), +115%)
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