Neuigkeiten des Jahres 2012

The director general of the company “Svoy TT” Sergej Vojtovich reported in interview to Interfax agency, how many the average foreign tourist spends during the stay in Russia.

May 25-26 in Yaroslavl, an International tourist forum “Visit Russia 2012” will be held where new tourist Russian destinations will be presented and the main problems of the tourism industry will be brought to the discussion.

May, 1 and 9 during the holidays, the access into the Moscow museums will be free. This was announced at a meeting of city government on Wednesday, April 25 by Sergei Kapkov, the head of the Department of Moscow Culture.

Russia and the United States are finalizing the ratification of the agreement on mutual visa facilitation – reports the news agency RIA Novosti from the words of Eugeny Panteleev, the deputy head of the Press Department of MFA Russia.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the procedure for entry into Russia for members of the XXVII World Summer Student Games to be held in Kazan in 2013.

Tour Operator “Svoy TT” appealed to the Federal Agency for Tourism by the open letter with a request to assist in facilitating the work of Spanish tour operators in applying for Russian visas.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian government to submit before July 1, 2012 the proposals on simplification of visa and registration regime for foreign tourists in Russia.

Spanish Ambassador Luis Felipe Fernandez Russia de la Peña noted the need of abolition of the visa regime between Russia and Spain.

The Russian Union of Travel Industry named the two main causes of slow growth of tourist flow in Russia. Among these reasons the experts in the field of tourism name the difficulty in obtaining visas to Russia and transportation problems.

Директор Федеральной миграционной службы России Константин Ромодановский заявил о необходимости упрощения процесса получения вида на жительство для иностранных студентов, получающих образование в российских вузах.

Director of the Federal Migration Service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky stated the need to simplify the process of obtainment of a residence permit for foreign students studying in Russian universities.

Aman Tuleyev, Governor of Kemerovo, has addressed to the Director of the Federal Migration Service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky the request to assist the double Olympic champion gymnast Maria Filatova in obtaining Russian citizenship, which she is seeking for 10 years.

Pancake Day Celebration this year and in subsequent years will become a lure for foreign tourists – according to news reports. In particular, the publication said the head of the Committee on Tourism and the economy of Moscow city, Sergei Shpilko shared the plans of the Committee to develop the special “Pancake” tours for foreign visitors, which will include not only travel and accommodation, but also participation in the festivities.

An extended list of specialists, which are not subject to immigration quotas, is approved. Thus, the number of skilled foreign specialists who have the right to come to work in Russia increased.

Visa-free regime between Russia and the European Union may be introduced before the Olympics-2014 in Sochi, – informs Vladimir Chizhov, the Russian permanent representative to the EU in an interview to “Interfax”.

The memo will include legal information and will help the employer to comply with all laws when hiring foreigners, including highly qualified specialists.

Ministry of Healthcare of Russia has started a campaign of reception of applications from employers to hire foreign workers in 2013 – reported the press service of the Ministry January, 17. Employers have to determine the number of required workers before May 1, 2012.

Moscow hotels are recognized once again to be the most expensive in Europe. Such conclusion was made by the experts of the online booking website hotel.info after the annual indexation of the hotels cost around the world.

Europe's largest ticketing portal Skyscanner in the review Travel Trends Report – 2012 named the most promising tourist routes in 2012, – informs the website “Turprom”.