Russia ranked 14th in international tourism with expenditures at around $11.4 billion in 2021, according to Statista.Īnd countries around the world are keen to claim a share of that market. Thailand, especially, is poised to “benefit significantly from the EU’s ban on Russian travel as the market is forced to change its preferred destinations”, according to a report from business intelligence provider GlobalData. Changing destinationsĪmong those nations that have seen the biggest boom in Russian visitors are Thailand, the UAE, Turkey, the Maldives and Egypt. Some 22.5 million overseas trips were taken by Russian tourists in 2022, up from 19.2 million in 2021, with Turkey the leading destination.Īnd Russian holidaymakers are now beating a path to non-Western destinations in record numbers instead of Europe. Yet millions of Russians are still traveling abroad. There is also the prospect of a hostile welcome for Russian tourists a little more than a year since the invasion of Ukraine, the public perception of Russia throughout EU countries is largely that of “ an adversary”, according to a multi-nation poll conducted in January. Getting travel visas approved is more expensive and less straightforward, Russian air carriers have been banned from flying over or into the EU, and Russian oligarchs can no longer land their jets in some places. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it has become much harder for Russians to travel to popular holiday destinations in the European Union. In the summer months, Russian arrivals in the French capital – one of the most visited cities in Europe – are expected to increase by less than 1 percent. So far this year, “ Paris had 95.8% fewer Russian tourists arriving by air between January and May ,” said a spokesperson from the Paris tourist board.
In another tourist hotspot on the opposite side of the world, the figures tell a different story. In January 2023 alone, visitor numbers from Russia jumped to 22,500, according to Indonesian government data, making Russians the second-largest visitor group after Australians. But last year the Indian Ocean island began to see an increase in a certain kind of traveller: some 58,000 Russians had travelled to Bali by the end of the year.
Known for its combination of tropical beaches, lush rice paddies and volcanic mountains, Bali is a renowned tourist haven that attracts visitors from all over the world.
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