Online searches for flights to Moscow and Saint Petersburg have surged more than threefold on Chinese travel platform qunar.com as of 9 am on Wednesday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly said that Russia would introduce visa-free travel for Chinese citizens in the very near future, according to data provided by the platform to the Global Times.
截至周三上午9点，中国旅游平台 qunar.com 在线搜索莫斯科和圣彼得堡航班激增了三倍以上，据该平台向《环球时报》提供的数据显示，俄罗斯总统普京据称表示，俄罗斯将在不久的将来为中国公民引入免签旅行。
该平台对中国飞往圣彼得堡航线的航班搜索也激增。增长最快的原产城市有中国中部湖北省武汉、中国北方的天津市、新疆维吾尔自治区省会乌鲁木齐、上海和广州。
Of these, Wuhan recorded a 14-fold increase in searches compared with the same period last week, while Tianjin and Urumqi rose fivefold and 4.5-fold, relevant data showed. Searches for the route from Shanghai to Saint Petersburg jumped 2 times within one hour and 3 times compared with last week.
相关数据显示，其中武汉的搜索量较上周同期增长了14倍，天津和乌鲁木齐则增长了5倍，增长了4.5倍。上海至圣彼得堡线路的搜索量在一小时内增长了2倍，较上周增长了3倍。
Russia has been one of the fastest-growing outbound travel destinations this year, data from qunar.com showed. As of Wednesday, hotel bookings in Russia this year have surged 43 percent compared with the same period in 2024.
