Russia tourism statistics

Tourism is a very popular kind of spending free time among many countries residents. Many people spend their entire lives in one place, but many people like to travel and at every opportunity travel to other countries. Tourism also creates jobs and provides many jobs places for people. Here are some statistics related to tourism in Russia.

Number of hotels and other accommodations in Russia

The number of hotels in Russia is growing, but accommodations for tourists are still not enough. New hotel of largest hotel chains and small private hotels opens in Russia. From 2009 to 2010 the number of hotels increased by 6 percent.

• 2010 - 7866 (total number of beds 537.3 thousand)
• 2009 - 7410
• 2008 - 6774
• 2007 - 5917

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Number of foreign citizens trips to Russia

Dates of the Border Service of Russia on number of visits foreign citizens in Russia. It does not include information about moving to a permanent place of residence.

2011 - 9194 thousands trips, including the purpose of tourism – 2228 thousands.
2010 - 8266 thousands tours, including the purpose of tourism – 2025 thousands.
2009 - 8361 thousands tours, including the purpose of tourism – 2000 thousands.
2005 - 8398 thousands tours, including the purpose of tourism – 2251 thousands.
2000 - 7410 thousands tours, including the purpose of tourism – 2215 thousands.

Number of Russian citizens trips abroad

2011: 29271 thousands visits, including to tourism - 14 052 thousands people.
2010: 25487 thousands visits, including to tourism - 12 231 thousands people.
2009: 21641 thousands visits, including to tourism - 9192 thousands people.
2005: 14838 thousands visits, including to tourism – 6405 thousands people.
2000: 9819 thousands visits, including to tourism - 4252 thousands people.

Number trips of foreign citizens to Russia by countries in 2011

Number of trips of foreign citizens in Russia by countries in 2011
According to statistics, most often Russia in 2011 visited Finnland citizens. They made 1211 thousands trips. Including: for the tourism purpose 134,000 trips, 134,000 business travels. In 339 cases, the purpose of the trip was listed "private" (for personal reasons). Most often by purpose of tourism Russia visited German citizens. Chinese citizens are in second place on total number of visits and there are great opportunities.

In which countries most often travel Russians?

Number of Russian citizens trips abroad in 2011. In first place in popularity among tourists from Russia is Turkey (2682 thousand trips for tourism purposes). Compared with the previous year Egypt in popularity among tourists moved from second to third place. It was replaced by China. Also popular for tourists are Thailand, Germany, Spain, Greece and Italy. The world leader in the field of tourism France in the Russian is ranking in 14th place. By the total number of trips of Russian citizens still leads Finnland (4,415,000 visits from Russia, as tourists 912,000 trips, for personal reasons 2,846 million trips).

The list indicates some of the most popular.