Russians have spent a record amount of money on foreign holidays so far this year, with a $5.46 billion outlay in July alone, the Central Bank reported.
This was the highest outlay in a single month since 2018, when the Bank of Russia began releasing monthly foreign trade statistics.
Türkiye was by far the most popular tourist destination for Russians from May to September this year, attracting 2.83 million tourists or 58% of all travel company sales, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). Egypt was a distant second with 15%.
Domestic tourism slowed this summer, the Russian Union of the Tourism Industry (RST) noted, as…
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