For Russians, the flights from abroad in summer will remain inaccessible. About the rest of the most popular resorts in the best case, we can talk until the end of September, told the radio station “Moscow speaking” Executive Director of the Association of tour operators of Russia Maya Lomidze.
“the Most optimistic scenario at the moment that it will happen at the end of September — in October 2020. Pessimistic forecast on the opening of outbound tourism for the most popular destinations is December”, said Lomidze.
She clarified that we are talking about flights to Turkey and the Mediterranean countries. These resorts in the last decade was among the top five most popular tourist destinations, said the TV channel 360.
On Tuesday, July 7, Moscow Sheremetyevo airport announced that it will resume flights abroad and back on July 27. Later, the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said that Russia may begin work on the opening of borders with countries that are ready to let Russian tourists, writes “national news service”.
Almost half of people planning to fly on holiday abroad, despite the coronavirus. Most tourists are attracted to the resorts of Europe — Italy, Spain, Greece.
