Outbound tourism of Russians by year
29,75 mln trips, 2025 +2,40 to 2024
Number of trips by Russian citizens abroad per year according to border service data. Trips are counted, not people: a person who traveled four times adds four trips.
Drop in 2015–2016 due to ruble devaluation: foreign holidays became twice as expensive in rubles. Drop in 2020 due to closed borders.
Outbound trips are noticeably more than inbound, and the gap persists throughout the observation period.
Includes trips classified as “tourism” at border crossing, including frequent short trips to neighboring countries.
Table by year
| Period | mln trips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 42,92 | |
| 2015 | 34,39 | −8,53 |
| 2016 | 31,66 | −2,73 |
| 2017 | 39,63 | +7,97 |
| 2018 | 41,96 | +2,34 |
| 2019 | 45,33 | +3,37 |
| 2020 | 12,36 | −32,97 |
| 2021 | 19,20 | +6,84 |
| 2022 | 22,49 | +3,29 |
| 2023 | 25,33 | +2,85 |
| 2024 | 27,36 | +2,02 |
| 2025 | 29,75 | +2,40 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many times do Russians travel abroad per year?
The latest value in the table above — millions of outbound tourist trips.
Is this the number of tourists?
No, the number of trips. One person can make several trips per year.
Where do they go most often?
To neighboring countries and popular resort destinations. Country breakdown is available in the original Rosstat dataset.
Sources
- Число выездных туристских поездок граждан России в зарубежные страны
- Число выездных туристских поездок граждан России в зарубежные страны
More on the topic
- Number of inbound tourist trips of foreign citizens to Russia
- Number of outbound tourist trips of Russian citizens to foreign countries
- Gross value added of the Russian tourism industry
- Share of gross value added of the tourism industry in Russia's GDP
- Index of physical volume of gross value added of the tourism industry
- Number of persons accommodated in collective accommodation facilities
- All sets of section «Туризм»