The number of tourists coming to Russia decreased by 30 percent in 2022

It was reported that the number of tourists coming to Russia decreased by 30 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year and decreased to 200 thousand.

In a written statement made by the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR), it was stated that there was a significant decrease in the number of tourists entering the country in 2022.

DECREASED MORE THAN 25 TIMES COMPARED TO 2019

In the statement, which included the information that the number of tourists arriving in Russia decreased by 30 percent compared to 2021, it was recorded that it decreased by more than 25 times compared to 2019 in the period before the Covid epidemic. -19.

The statement noted that the largest number of tourists came to Russia from Germany last year, and that Turkey was the second country that sent the most tourists to Russia with 22,600 people.

While the countries of the European Union closed their airspace to Russian airlines because of the war in Ukraine, Russia took a similar step towards European carriers. (AA)