TMI has won the following new clients so far in 2011:
As of April 1st TMI will be representing the Philippines Tourism board in the Russian market. Other new clients include the Due Torre Hotels, a newly formed Italy hotel group, including 3 luxury hotels in Verona, Bologna and Florence (formerly part of Baglioni hotels) and 2 business class hotels in Milan, and one of London's hottest luxury business and leisure hotels, the Intercontinental Park Lane.
Israel reported a 37% growth in arrivals from Russia of 551,000 tourists in 2010, making Russia the 2nd largest source market for Israel after the US. According to the official figures, the US brings 19% of the tourists to Israel, followed by Russia (16.8%) and France (8.8%). Almost half the Russian tourists who visited Israel, were the cruise passengers (232,700 people in 2010). The most popular destinations in Israel according to Tour Index system are: Eilat (47.6%), the Dead Sea (21.8%), Tel Aviv (11.2%), Netanya (8.7%), Jerusalem (6%) and Haifa (2.2%).
According to the Russian Associations of Tour Operators, Russian traffic to Turkey increased by 15% in 2010 compared to 2009 and amounted to over 3 million visitors. Russia is now the 3rd market in terms of growth in 2010, after Syria (+76%) and Iran (+36%), but neither of the latter are considered to be purely tourist traffic.
Egyptian Tourism Ministry reported a 40% growth of arrivals from Russia compared to 2009. In absolute figures, 2,855,000 Russian tourists visited the country last year. The room nights by Russians increased by 40% reaching over 25 million.