A travel industry survey this month showed Russia leading the BRIC rankings for overseas travel. Russians took 1.3 times as many trips as the Chinese, 3.4 times as many as Indians, and 4.6 times as many as Brazilians, according to e-Travel Blackboard.
That added up to 54 million trips in 2011, still far below those made by European citizens who made 345 million visits in the same year.
“The tourism figures for the BRIC countries, in particular for Russia, are very promising for the tourism industries of the host countries and destinations,” said Martin Buck, a German travel industry executive. “They show that the BRIC countries are now catching up, not only economically but as well in terms of outbound trips.”
A travel industry survey this month showed Russia leading the BRIC rankings for overseas travel. Russians took 1.3 times as many trips as the Chinese, 3.4 times as many as Indians, and 4.6 times as many as Brazilians, according to e-Travel Blackboard.
ReplyDeleteThat added up to 54 million trips in 2011, still far below those made by European citizens who made 345 million visits in the same year.
“The tourism figures for the BRIC countries, in particular for Russia, are very promising for the tourism industries of the host countries and destinations,” said Martin Buck, a German travel industry executive. “They show that the BRIC countries are now catching up, not only economically but as well in terms of outbound trips.”