Tour Operators Commit to Cancelling Russia Trips for Rest of 2022
Photo Credit: Many tour operators won't be taking their guests to see St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow this year Wikimedia Commons / Zeynel Cebeci
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More and more tour operators view conducting business in Russia as toxic, and more importantly, prospective guests largely consider the country unsafe. So as long as Russia continues to wage war, there's no rush for tour operators to make immediate plans to return.
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Skift’s reporters and editors are working to explain how the war on Ukraine is impacting travel. All of our stories about the subject are free for all readers.The growing fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war is propelling numerous tour operators to cancel scheduled trips to Russia. Several of them have expressed concerns about keeping guests safe in the volatile region as several nations, such as Australia, the United Kingdom and U.S., have warned their citizens not to travel to Russia. In addition, company executives said they're looking to pressure on Russia to end the invasion.
"The health and safety of our travelers is of the utmost importance to us," said G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Trip in a statement echoed by other tour operator executives about his company's decision to shelve its Russia trips for the remainder of 2022.
