Tourism

June 17, 2025 17:26

• Hoteliers in Anapa and Temryuk District will be partially reimbursed for amounts of returned reservations

  Because of the fuel oil (mazut) spill in the Black Sea, the occupancy rate of Anapa hotels has decreased by 50% compared to the same last year’s period. Some hotels are in dire straits because they cannot return money to tourists for cancelled bookings, a source from the Association of Russian Tour Operators has stated.

May 12, 2025 16:37

• Occupancy rates at Anapa hotels and number of bookings drop several-fold

  Tourists have cancelled 60% of bookings at a large Anapa hotel; and they have already received more than two million roubles back. Employees of another hotel have confirmed that their bookings have dropped several-fold after the fuel oil (mazut) spill.

February 04, 2025 21:09

• Baku analysts explain authorities' silence on plane crash reasons

  The absence of statements on the causes of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane may be explained by the fact that Baku and Moscow are looking for compromise wording of the investigation results.

January 13, 2025 17:40

• Russian analysts assess Aliev's harsh statements against Moscow

  The harsh rhetoric by the Azeri President, Ilham Aliev, against Russia after the AZAL plane crash will test mutual relations, but is unlikely to lead to any serious deterioration of them.

January 06, 2025 21:14

• Aliev criticizes Russia for refusing to admit guilt in Embraer plane crash

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has criticized Russian authorities for refusing to admit guilt in the crash of the "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL) plane, and demanded that those responsible for the crash be punished.

December 31, 2024 19:31

• Aliev demands compensation from Russia for plane crash

  The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, has demanded from Russia to admit its guilt in the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane, punish those responsible and pay compensation.

November 05, 2024 23:56

• Kabardino-Balkarian Minister of Resorts comments on dress code for tourists

  The introduction of a dress code for tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria is a forced measure. Such recommendations had to be issued after local residents saw two topless young women sunbathing on a bank of a river.

August 06, 2024 19:18

• Natives of Caucasus claim increased discrimination when visiting Turkey

  Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

July 22, 2024 19:57

• Authorities' concern on tourists' dress code surprises KBR residents

  Tourists must observe customs and traditions of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and avoid wearing excessively short shorts; women should not wear short skirts and dresses with a deep neckline, the KBR's Ministry of Resorts has stated.

June 26, 2024 21:46

• Militants' attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent scare tourists away

  After militants have committed their attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent, the number of tour bookings to Dagestan has decreased, the Russian Union of Tourist Industry (RUTI) has informed. In their turn, tourist operators suggest that tour sales will gradually normalize.

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