Russians Eager to Roam Abroad

As the increase in new low-cost airlines across Europe have surged, the opportunity for Russians to travel is especially esteemed. Russian tourists are flocking to the Mediterranean, particularly Turkey, to experience what the public was prevented from doing for so long under the Soviet rule. Now, those in the Turkish tourism industry are returning to language school to keep up with the demand for Russian speaking workers. With this freedom to travel comes pleasure and positivity back at home, as the writer and commentator Viktor Yerofeyev states, “the more Russians travel, the more they tend to lose some of the coarseness that at times characterized Soviet society”. Read more in the New York Times.