Tourism News – Czech Republic
August 13th, 2007 by Christina PutzThe Prague Daily Monitor recently published an article claiming that Russia is discouraging Russian tourists from traveling to the Czech Republic by introducing stricter visa procedures. Many Russian travel agencies, for example, have already removed offers for trips to the Czech Republic. In its place, travel agencies are suggesting countries such as France, Slovakia or Poland. Because of these new, stricter procedures, the Czech Tourism Office’s estimate of 280,000 Russian tourists is unlikely to be met.
In order to travel to the Czech Republic, Russian tourists must submit a travel contract that they signed with the travel agency, and a signed declaration that they will not abuse the visa for anything other than tourist purposes.
This is quite a blow to the Czech Tourism industry, because Russians are said to make up the most profitable tourists to visit the Czech Republic. Last year, 240,000 Russian tourists visited the Czech Republic.
Posted: August 13th, 2007 under Country News.
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