OREANDA-NEWS Russians have flocked to Asian countries en masse — during the velvet season, the demand for holidays in this region among Russian citizens increased by 168 percent compared to the same period in 2022. This was told by analysts of MegaFon.

It is clarified that trips to China have become of interest to Russians 10 times more often, to Thailand — 9 times, to Indonesia — 2.7 times. In addition, the authors of the study noted that the increase in flights from Moscow to Colombo also had a positive effect on the influx of tourists from Russia. So, in the autumn of 2023, Sri Lanka was visited by almost five times more Russians than a year earlier.

"At the same time, the Maldives, on the contrary, showed a reverse trend — a decrease of 42 percent," the analysts added.