Russian Outbound Travel in 2010, Quarter 1

According to figures from the Federal Statistics Service, which were published on Thursday by Rostourism, in the first quarter of 2010 outbound tourism in Russia increased by 44% against the first quarter of 2009, the year the global financial crisis struck. However, the number of tourists coming to Russia rose by just 7%.

The following countries could be called ‘outsiders’ in terms of growth in the number of Russian tourists: Greece (-7%), Finland (+1%), Hungary (2%), Japan (4%) and France (7%). All the other countries included in the report have growth of at least 10%. However, there are clear leaders among them. In first place is Tunisia, with tourism growth of 328%; in second place is Thailand, with an increase of 112%; and in third place is Israel (+71%). Fourth place is split between China (+38%), Turkey (+37%), Cuba (+29%), England (+28%), United States (+27%), Spain (+27%) and Italy (+26%).