Alex Trebuchet (@aleksey): Personal Blog

Mongolia is a unique country that has preserved a rich history. Here you can get acquainted with the culture of nomads, visit Buddhist temples, taste manta rays "buzy", cheese "byaslag" and meat "khorkhog".

One can only sympathize with the "luck" of Egyptian resorts. But it is even more a pity for tourists who wanted to bask in the warm sun "somewhere nearby", but found themselves victims of the ban of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Jordan on the flight of planes with Russian insurance. Now the flight from Moscow to Sharm el-Sheikh will take 11 hours.

From January 1, 2023, Turkey introduces a tourist tax. Now, unless you plan to spend the night in a tent, get ready to fork out for an additional 2% of the cost of accommodation and any services provided by the hotel, hostel, guest house, apartment hotel and even a catering.

The Amsterdam authorities decided to fight the reputation of the city of "coffee shops and debauchery" by coming up with a development strategy until 2035, called "Stay away".

After the resumption of direct flights to Thailand in October, Russian tourists flooded into the Kingdom of Southeast Asia. If in September, the number of tourists set post-COVID records at 15,900 people per month, by October it had more than doubled to over 44,000.

Russia Airlines, which is part of the Aeroflot Group, will impose penalties on passengers who decide to disembark after the doors are closed without respectable reasons.

The interior ministers of European countries have approved Croatia's membership in the Schengen Area without borders. Border posts with Slovenia and Hungary will be eliminated from January 1, 2023.

For over a year now, prices of all goods in the country have been growing at a rapid rate. Currency devaluation has led to an increase in the cost of electricity, which automatically pushed up the cost of production of food, goods and rent. Many products have risen by more than 25% in a year.

The bank's technical support staff responds with a standard answer: 'According to the bank's policy, debit cards owned by citizens of Russia and Belarus are blocked for transactions in foreign countries. You can use your debit card for transactions in Turkey'. There is currently no official information on the website.