Starting October 18, 2013 passengers can purchase tickets for the compartment coaches of OJSC Federal Passenger Company trains, plying from December 1 to 20, 2013, at a special "Plan Ahead" rate with a discount of up to 50%.

Moscow subway changes work schedule. Moscow subway introduced an updated, "winter" train time table. On weekdays, peak hours were extended and extra trains were put into operation on Koltsevaya, Kalininskaya and Serpukhovsko-Timirjazevskaya lines.

The private museum of Russian icon opened its doors for tourism industry. An excursion for inbound and domestic tour operators was held in private museum of Russian icon in Moscow.

In October 2013 the regional festival of eco-tourism "Celebrated Steppe" took place in Orlovsky district of Rostov Oblast. It was held in the framework of "Wildlife of the Steppe" association’s project "Volunteering Vector – a healthy environment".

The residents of Sochi are be able to submit documents to the Finland visa and receive permission to enter some countries of the Schengen agreement without leaving their native city since October 18 - Finland visa centre is open in the spa capital of Russia.

Russians surpassed Germans in the volume of tourist inflow to Turkey. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, its resorts were visited by more than 735 thousand of our fellow citizens in the last summer month (plus 13.8 % compared to August 2012), while the number of the Germans who also like to go to Turkey made up just below 714 thousand.

Tourism cluster will appear in the historical part of Barnaul. The concept of a tourism cluster "Barnaul - mining industrial city” was developed in the Altai Territory. The total area of ​​the future complex will make up 169.845 hectares.

The conference ‘E-travel-2013’ will be held in Moscow at the Aerostar Hotel Moscow on November 14-15. The conference program includes discussion of numbers, facts, trends, technologies, monetization of services in the field of E-Travel; exchange of international experience in E-Travel and so on. The speakers at the conference include experts in online sales in the sphere of travel and tourism services, experts from leading technology companies in the field of online services, experts in online marketing and communications.

Russian tourists began to prepare for the winter holidays actively: New Year's sales are lively, the agencies note that the demand increases. Thailand and Egypt show the greatest demand.

A record number of visas – 400,000 – is planned to be given to the Russians by the French Consulate before the end of 2013.