Journalist Dirk Engelhardt claims that tourists from Germany who want to visit the Russian Federation face difficulties even when buying tickets. This was reported by Berliner Zeitung.
According to Engelhardt, in one of the tourist offices in Berlin the sale of tickets to Russia was refused for ethnic reasons.
The journalist emphasized that there is no train from Poland to Kaliningrad, so the only option is to travel by bus.
Engelhardt added that, given the current situation, he was able to easily obtain a visa and book a hotel for his trip to Russia.
Before that, it was known that the number of trips by foreigners to Russia increased by the end of 2023, according to FSB statistics. augmented It increased by 18.6% annually.
Last year, foreigners crossed the Russian border 15.4 million times. It is stated that they came to Russia mainly from neighboring countries in 2023.
Citizens of Kazakhstan are in the leading position in terms of arrivals, the number of trips from here increased by 26.7%, reaching 2.4 million. In addition, the flow of tourists from Uzbekistan increased by 52%, and the flow of tourists from Tajikistan increased by 36%.
existed before named The five most underrated tourist destinations in Russia.