The bankruptcies of a number of major tour operators last year shook the Russian tourism market. Today, when choosing a company to organize a vacation, Russians have become more circumspect and more cautious.
In order not to be mistaken in the choice and not to lose money, time and nerves, it is worth studying rating of tour operators in Russia for 2015, reflecting their reliability.
Read updated tour operator reliability rating 2017 year.
10. Sunrise Tour
Opens the top ten, which includes the best tour operators in Russia, a company specializing in holidays in Turkey. In addition, the company organizes trips to Egypt, Europe, Thailand, and other destinations.
9. STC "Intourist"
Since 2011, the oldest travel company, the All-Union Joint Stock Company Intourist, has been working in conjunction with the Thomas Cook Group. The company cooperates with the largest hotels in Egypt, Greece, Turkey. The operator offers a lot of options in the domestic market.
8. "Anex Tour"
In 2015, the company will celebrate its 17th birthday in the Russian tourism market. Last year, the number of tourists who went on vacation "Anex Tour" exceeded 1.5 million people. The company owns about 15% of tourist traffic in such destinations as the popular Turkey, Egypt, Thailand.
7. "Biblio Globus"
From January 1, 2014 to April 2015, more than 2,300 thousand tourists went on vacation with the tour operator. Last year, the company opened new directions for itself - Germany, Fiji, Great Britain, Chile and Peru.
6. Natalie Tours
In 2015, the operator added to the most popular destinations such as Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore. The company's financial insurance is issued by a reliable insurance company, Ingosstrakh IJSC.
5. SUNMAR TOUR
The company is part of the OTI Holding group, which owns such well-known operators as Odeon Tours, Coral Travel, A-Class Travel, as well as Turkish hotels of the Otium chain. Sanmar provides flights from 37 cities of the Russian Federation.
4. TUI
The tour operator is part of the international TUI Group, which is the largest group of travel companies in the world. TUI clients have access to special conditions in 300 hotels, 6 airlines, 12 cruise ships belonging to the TUI Group.
3. Coral Travel
The tour operator offers its clients international flights from 38 cities of the Russian Federation, 3 cities of Belarus, 10 cities of Poland, 7 cities of Ukraine and several cities of Turkey. Over the past year, the operator served more than 2.9 million tourists.
2. Tez Tour
The tour operator has been on the market for over 20 years. The company is widely represented not only in the Russian Federation, but in Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Tez cooperates with such chain hotels as Marriott, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Sol Melia, Hilton, Princess, Iberostar, etc.
1. Pegas Touristik
The most reliable and popular operator in such destinations as Turkey, as well as Egypt, Greece and Thailand, tops the rating of tour operators in Russia. In total, the line of tours from Pegasus includes 22 countries. The company offers flights from 50 cities of Russia.