Who came to Russia in 2018: rating of countries of inbound tourism
The analytical agency Turstat prepared a rating of countries on inbound tourism to Russia last year, based on the statistics of inbound tourism to Russia in 2018.
Last year, inbound tourism Russian Federation This increased due to travelers from Southeast Asia and the countries participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
China With 1.69 million trips to Russia in 2018, which is 14% more (+212 thousand trips) than in 2017, and South Korea – 361 thousand trips (+42%, +107 thousand) – became the leaders in the growth of inbound tourism in Russia in 2018.
Japan (105 thousand trips, +3%), India (86 thousand trips, +21%), Vietnam (54 thousand, +26%) and Thailand (54 thousand, +20%) show an increase in the number of tourist trips to Russia in 2017.
China ranks 1st in the growth of inbound tourism from abroad to Russia in 2018 with an increase of 212,000 travel compared to 2017.
On the 2nd place in terms of growth of tourist trips to Russia in 2018 is the Republic of Korea, from where there were 107 thousand more tours than in 2017.
The number of inbound tourist trips from EU countries to Russia increased in 2018 from Germany (645 thousand, + 11%), France (207,000, +12%), Italy (205 thousand, +9%), Great Britain (197 thousand, +11%), the Netherlands (66 thousand, +10%), Austria (56 thousand, +8%), Sweden (51 thousand, +50%) and Belgium (45 thousand, +25%). The number of Finnish, Polish and Norwegian tourists in Russia decreased.
The total number of incoming tourist trips of foreigners to Russia in 2018 is 24 million 551 thousand, increased by 0.6% (161 thousand trips) compared to 24 million 390 thousand inbound trips in 2017, according to Rosstat.
Top 10 countries of inbound tourism to Russia by the number of inbound trips to Russia in 2018: Ukraine (8,202 thousand tourist inbound trips, -6%), Kazakhstan (3,510 thousand, +1%), China (1,690 thousand, +14%), Finland (950 thousand, -6.5%), Azerbaijan (893 thousand, +2%), Poland (682 thousand, -4.5%), Germany (645 thousand, +11%), Armenia (566 thousand, -3%), Abkhazia (488 thousand, +13%), Estonia (478 thousand, +15%).