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Russia among favorites for Chinese tourists owing to visa-free regime

Tourist inflow to Russia grew most from Vietnam, India in January-September — Rosstat

Visa-free regime for China strengthens cooperation with Russia — Chinese expert

Russian aviation authorities will not ban flights to Venezuela

China's visa-free waiver to Russia likely to be extended past 2026 — expert

Andrey Bystritsky expressed confidence that the measure would help the tourist flow "grow faster"

Over two million Chinese tourists to visit Russia next year — Economy Ministry

China takes the lead among non-CIS countries in terms of the number of tourist trips to Russia

Chinese tourist traffic to Russia expected to grow by 30% following visa cancellation

Alexander Bragin, Director of the Association of Travel Aggregators, told TASS that tourist traffic from China to Russia could double when business trips are taken into account

Russia may expand geography of flights to Saudi Arabia

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak recalled that the signing of an intergovernmental agreement lifting visa requirements for holders of all types of passports will be a positive development for tourism

Tourist flow between Russia, Saudi Arabia could double or triple after visa abolition

According to ATOR Vice President for Inbound Tourism Alexander Musikhin, in the first nine months of 2025, Saudi Arabia was among the top five countries sending tourists to Russia

Flow of Russian tourists to China gains 80% since visa-free regime introduced

According to the Chinese side, in the month following the introduction of this regime, a total of more than 30,000 Russian citizens entered through the checkpoint at Daxing International Airport in Beijing

Russia, Pakistan may launch direct flights due to expanding tourism

Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev mentioned the strong interest among Pakistani citizens in visiting Russia

Introduction of Russia’s Mir cards in Thailand remains on the agenda — ambassador

According to Russian ambassador to Thailand Yevgeny Tomikhin, the project was at a high level of readiness and had practically reached the testing stage before the pandemic

Mutual tourist flow between Russia, China to grow by 30% to 3.5 mln trips in 2025

Russian Federation Council Deputy Chairman Nikolay Zhuravlyov said that the visa-free regime decision is contributing to this

Delegation of Russian travel agents visits Sanya in Hainan for cooperation

Participants in a tourism promotion event discussed numerous pressing issues, including destination planning, hotel accommodation for tourists, and creating tours with a diversified and busy program