Oleg Ozerov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, talks about the possibility of tourist flights in the coming months to several African countries on direct flights.
How writes BB.LV, quoting the diplomat, he did not specify which countries these were, but noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now doing everything possible to speed up work in this direction. And, according to him, there are “a lot of countries” where a Russian tourist can be sent:
“Of course, these are famous countries such as Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa. But there are others, such as Botswana and Zimbabwe, that we have never traveled to before. There are also countries that are little known, but which are actually ready to receive tourists now, for example, Mauritius. There are countries with well-developed tourism infrastructure.”
At the end of July, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov said that the Russian Federation would work to launch direct flights to all African countries where possible. Documents regulating air traffic were signed at the Russia-Africa forum this year with Ethiopia and Tanzania. According to Azur Air, flights to Tanzania will launch this fall.
South African authorities are also waiting for direct flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Cape Town and Johannesburg. Aeroflot has already announced flights to Mauritius: flights are planned from December 23. That is, Russian tourists are looking forward to exploring new destinations. And if time permits, you can take a virtual excursion to Zimbabwe right now:
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