Russia removes India from its safe destination list - Goa tourism to suffer

Russia has issued the latest travel advisory to its citizens by removing India from its list of safe destinations citing security reasons. The move is seen as a major blow to Goa's tourism industry because Goa has always been one of the favorite and an affordable destination for tourists arriving from Russia.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 29 November 2015.

The Russian information center in Goa has revealed that the revised travel advisory had been issued following the blacklisting of Egypt and Turkey.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered cancellation of all flights to Egypt following the October 31 explosion of a Russian passenger plane near a popular tourist spot in the country. Russia has also appealed to its citizens to cancel vacations in Turkey after Turkish missiles because of the downing of a Russian fighter jet in Syria.
However, Russia has put countries like Cuba, south Vietnam and southern China under the 'safe' category in the list.
Incidentally, Russians make up nearly half of the total foreign visitors in Goa and numbers have been on the rise since 2002 - in 2013, the number was around 250,000. Obviously, the decision of Moscow would adversely tourism potentials in Goa.

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