Who comes to Russia? Compiled top 10 intourists
The analytical agency Turstat has prepared a rating of countries of inbound tourism to Russia for the first quarter of 2018.
Inbound tourism in Russia in 2018 is increasing under the influence of guests from Southeast Asia and the European Union.
Leaders of inbound tourism in Russia are considered China - 216,000 trips (+18% compared to the first quarter of 2017) and South Korea - 34,000 (+48%).
Thailand (10,000 trips) and Vietnam (9,000) also showed a double-digit increase in the number of tourist trips to Russia in the first quarter of 2018, while the number of trips from Japan (13 thousand) remains the same.
Finland. PolandEstonia and Germany lead among EU countries in the number of tours to Russia in the first quarter of 2018.
According to the results of 3 months of 2018, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, 4 million 310 thousand people entered Russia - 1.5% less than 4 million 380 thousand tours in the same period of 2017.
The leaders of the first quarter of this year in the number of inbound trips to the Russian Federation (thousands) are Ukraine - 1,556 thousand. Republic of Kazakhstan 656, People's Republic of China - 216, Republic of Finland - 204, Republic of Azerbaijan - 193, Republic of Poland - 163 . Republic of Armenia - 122, Republic of Moldova - 111 . Republic of Abkhazia 105, Kyrgyzstan and Estonia 88,000.
According to Turstat, in the first three months of 2018, the People’s Republic of China rose to 3rd place from 5th in the top ten in demand among foreigners in comparison with the first quarter of 2017.