the Russian government announced the preparation for the removal of restrictions on international flights. According to Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, from 15 July to begin negotiations on resumption of air links with foreign countries. At the same time, who exactly – not reported. However, experts have called no less than thirteen countries where can start to let the Russians.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova is sure: the Russians may be gradually prepared for the lifting of restrictions on travel abroad. The official outlined a number of key requirements. First, the prevalence of coronavirus in the country where you can start to let the Russians should not exceed 40 persons on 100 thousand population. Criterion number two – growth of infected COVID-19 in such foreign country shall be equal to one percent. And third, the prevalence of kovida above unit should not rise.
Important note for visitors to Russia: instead of a two week quarantine will be mandatory tests for coronavirus. To cross our border, foreigners enough to have a certificate of negative test COVID-19. And the test results should not be older than three days.
However, the speaker refused to call even the approximate list of countries where we can give permission for the departure of the Russians.
Experts believe that we are talking about 13 countries. European: Germany, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Hungary, Britain and Finland. May be allowed to fly in China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. However, the latter country is likely to be removed from this list – there are documented cases of infection with bubonic plague. While the local.
At the same time, we note that the European Union from July 1 still left for Russia its borders under lock and key. Therefore, the Association of tour operators suggest that the foreign air transportation for the Russians will only open in the fall. And the first will be the Mediterranean countries: Turkey, Cyprus, Greece. Return to pre-crisis times, according to tour operators, will not happen until the spring of 2021.
as for prices of flights and prices of tourism services, they are unlikely to return to previous levels. Experts cautiously predict increased at least 10-15% in comparison with docovietnam period. Skeptics claim the rise in price twice.
