Foreign tourism to Russia fell listed below 4% of its pre-pandemic levels in 2022 as the nation dealt with international condemnation over its invasion of Ukraine, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) has said.A simple 200,100 tourists traveled to Russia in 2015, according to ATORs breakdown of Federal Security Service (FSB) border service data.That marks a 96.1% decrease from the 5.1 million tourists who had gone to Russia in 2019, before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The factors are clear: closed skies in between Russia and the large bulk of European countries, as well as the inability to utilize foreign-issued Visa and Mastercard cards in Russia, ATOR stated Wednesday, describing the airspace closures and financial sanctions gone by Ukraines Western allies shortly after the invasion.Last years tourism figures likewise marked a decline from 288,300 sees in 2021 and from 335,800 in 2020, the peak years of the pandemic.German, Turkish and Iranian tourists were the leading three citizenships going to Russia in 2022, with 25,400, 22,600 and 14,600 visitors respectively.A mere 842 Chinese travelers visited Russia in 2022 due to strict Covid constraints that Beijing began to relax late last year, according to ATOR.Overall visits to Russia, that include tourist, work, study and business, totaled 13.1 million in 2022, an increase from the previous 2 years however down by 20 million from 2019.
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