{"id":47541,"date":"2023-07-05T22:18:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T19:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarus-reports-surge-in-russian-tourists\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarus-reports-surge-in-russian-tourists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47541\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus reports surge in Russian tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 5, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarus saw a surge in Russian tourists in the first five months of this year, a tourism official has said.<\/p>\n<p> Iryna Varanovi\u010d, a department head at the tourism ministry, said the number of Russian visitors increased by 173 percent from January to May compared with the same period last year. She spoke at a meeting with a delegation from Russia&#8217;s Novgorod province, according to <span>TASS<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Varanovi\u010d said Belarus was developing tourism ties not only with Moscow and St Petersburg, but also with other Russian regions.<\/p>\n<p> She said Belarusian sanatoriums, which offer health and wellness services, were 91 percent full and hosted 5,000 Russians.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Aleh Andrej\u010dyk said Belarus welcomed nearly four million tourists last year, mostly from Russia. He said that tourism export revenue totaled&nbsp;$180 million in 2022, with 97 percent coming from Russian visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5, BPN. Belarus saw a surge in Russian tourists in the first five months of this year, a tourism official has said. Iryna Varanovi\u010d, a department head at the tourism ministry, said the number of Russian visitors increased by 173 percent from January to May compared with the same period last year. She spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[21,15],"class_list":["post-47541","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus reports surge in Russian tourists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 5, BPN. Belarus saw a surge in Russian tourists in the first five months of this year, a tourism official has said. 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