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According to the Federal State Statistics Service
(Rosstat), in the first 9 months of 2012 the number of Russian citizens
traveling abroad increased by 10% compared to the same period in 2011 and
amounted to nearly 37.3 million people. The number of foreign citizens visiting
the Russian Federation in the first 9 months of 2012 increased by 13% compared
to the same period last year and amounted to nearly 21.7 million people. We
should note that these figures may be different to tour operators’ data; ATOR
analytical service will summarize tour operators’ statistics at the end of
December.
In the first ninemonths, growth of outbound tourism from
Russia was recorded to the most destinations. Turkey still leads in number of
Russian tourists among other countries. From January to September, the country
was visited by 2.3 million of Russian guests. Actually, this number is 7% less
than in the same period last year. Egypt ranks second in terms of number of
Russian tourists - 1,225,000 in the
first nine months of 2012.This index is lower than before the revolution, but
Egypt shows steady tourism recovery. According to the Federal State Statistics
Service, the number of tourists from Russia to Egypt in the first nine months
of 2012 increased by 35% compared to the same period last year.
Japan showshighest increase (81%) in Russian visitor
arrivals. Slovakia ranks second in terms of dynamics of Russian tourist
arrivals (+ 105%). However, the country was visited only by about 2.3 thousand
tourists from Russia in the first nine months of 2012. Romania sees a similar
situation: an increase of 58%, but the number of our tourists visiting the
country did not reach 1.9 thousand in this period.
The number of tourists to Tunisia grew by 49% compared to
the same period last year, totaling more than 190,800. Jordan recovers not so
fast with a 7% increase in Russian tourist arrivals, totaling more than 6.3
thousand from January to September 2012.It should be noted that the
revolutionary movement has had a negative impact on all Arab countries. For
example, tourists are confident about stability of the UAE, so tourist arrivals
from Russia to the country increased by 39% (339.4 thousand) in the first nine
months of 2012.
Tourist flow from Russia to Estonia grew by 37% and to Norway –by 40%. The number of Russian
tourists to Switzerland increased by 23%
in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.
Arrivals in France and Austria increased by 13% and in Germany - by 14%.
European beach destinations also showed good growth in popularity during this
period. Thus, the number of Russian tourists visiting Bulgaria and Greece
increased by 14%(more than 370,000 and 650,000 visitors respectively). The number
of tourists traveling to Spain amounted to 690,000, this is 22% more than in the same period last
year.
The mostserious decline in Russian tourist arrivals was
recorded in Sweden (-50%) and Finland (-43%). Hungary saw 19% drop in visitors from Russia. Let us
recall that Hungary's nationalairlineMalev, offering good fares on the route
Moscow – Budapest, left the market this year.
In the first ninemonths of 2012 Russian arrivals in
Lithuania decreased by 18%, in China - by 11%, in Israel - by 4%. We note that
statistics of Federal State Statistics Service has some calculatingerrors. So,
for example, Rosstat does not consider tourists who take connecting flights.
Also, it is worth noting that the calculation ofthe total
number of Russians entering different countries, not just those who specified
tourism as a goal of arrival, gives different priorities and figures. Thus
Finland ranks first (nearly 3.9 million Russian visitors, or +18% ), Turkey
ranks second (3 million Russians, +1%), China - third (1.7 million Russians, - 6%). Egypt received
nearly 1.5 million Russian guests (+ 40%), Estonia -1.4 million (+12%), Germany
-more than 1 million, (+ 4%).
The largest number of tourists (people who specified
tourism as a goal of arrival) came to Russia from Germany – 338, 500 in the
first nine months of 2012(+ 10%). In this period Russia welcomed
276,000tourists from China (+ 41%,) and 164,800tourists from the United States
(+ 9%).
If we consider the total number of foreigners entering
Russia, Finland took first place with more than 1 million of its citizen
visiting Russia in the period from
January to September 2012 (total growth +14%). Poland took second place with
802 900 visitors and an increase of 59%. China ranks third (678,500) with 678,500 visitors and an increase of 13%.
In the first nine months of 2012 arrivals from Australia
to Russia showed a significant growth of 31% (more than 29 thousand of
tourists). Egypt and Cuba also demonstrated a high growth in their visitor
number (40% and 56%, respectively), but in terms of total arrivals from these
countries results cannot be considered serious: Russia received about 3
thousand Egyptian tourists (10,000 guests in total) and 1.8 thousand Cuban
tourists (less than 3 thousand guests in total).
After the abolition of visa regime with Turkey, the
number of tourists from this country to Russia began to grow. For the first
nine months of 2012 this number amounted to 75 thousand tourists (+ 29%). The
number of tourists from Thailand increased by 13% (8.3 thousand) in this
period.
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