Russian outbound tourism has shown the tendency of slowing down, as per data published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Thus, in Q1 2019 Russia has registered a 4% decrease in citizens spending on foreign trips after showing growth in tourism expenditure for two years running.
Besides Russian tourists, residents of Brazil and Mexico began to save on their trips abroad; the tourism expenditure in these two countries decreased by 5% and 13%, respectively.