Georgia and Armenia ranked seventh and ninth in terms of number of tourists from Russia in January-September 2025, with 1.2 million and 800,000, respectively.

According to analysts at Sutochno.ru, interest in Russian ski resorts has increased by 20% compared to last year. Resorts in the North Caucasus are particularly popular: Arkhyz and Dombay in Karachay-Cherkessia, as well as Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria, are among the top ten most popular destinations with the largest growth.

According to Rosstat, tourist flow to Russia more than doubled from 2014 to 2024. The regions of the North Caucasus made a significant contribution to this growth.

According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry, in the summer of 2025, Crimea is leading in terms of growth in demand for domestic tourist trips (+42%). The top three also include the Yaroslavl Region (+22%) and Dagestan (+20%).

In the first four months of 2025, 256.5 thousand people visited Stavropol Krai sanatoriums, which is 2.2% more than in the same period last year. The region took second place in the country in terms of the number of tourists, only Krasnodar Krai had more – 343.4 thousand people.

A representative of the Abkhazian Ministry of Tourism noted that many tourists from Russia are too thrifty.

In 2024, tourist spending in the North Caucasus increased by 17% and reached 17.4 billion rubles. This was reported by Sber analysts.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced the organizer of the Elbrus ascent tour to 5 years and 7 months in prison, which led to the death of six tourists. Four guides were also sentenced to terms ranging from 3 years 2 months to 3 years 6 months under the article on the provision of unsafe services.