DUSHANBE, 27.03.2018. /NIAT “Khovar”/. The Russian analytical agency “TourStat” compiled a ranking of the countries of outbound tourism from Russia by the results of 2017 and identified the most popular foreign countries of outbound tourism for Russian tourists in 2017. Tajikistan entered the TOP-50 foreign countries, which are popular for Russian tourists.

According to “TourStat”, the number of trips from Russia to Tajikistan in 2017 increased to 116,000, which is by 5% more compared to 2016. In total, last year, Russians made almost 40 million trips abroad. This is by 25% more compared to 2016. Turkey became the most popular country for outbound tourism for Russians with 4.5 million trips in 2017. It is followed by Abkhazia (4.34 million), Finland (3.33 million), Kazakhstan (2.98 million), Ukraine (2.28 million), China (2 million), Estonia (1.73 million), Poland (1.23 million), Germany (1.23 million) and Thailand (1.1 million). Tajikistan ranked 40th ahead of even such visited countries as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Qatar, Belgium, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Maldives.

The last place in the ranking was taken by Portugal.