Own risk traveling
The number of the Russians, who are having a rest abroad, is steadily growing. Thus, going abroad, they should not feed illusions – in case of state of emergency they should rely only on themselves.
According to Russian statistic bureau, in 2007 9,37 million Russian tourists have traveled abroad – it is almost on 20 % more, than the year before. In 2008 (according to different estimations) growth will make about 15 %.
But the level of security of the Russian tourists does not rise.
In 2007 the Russian tourist industry union (RTIU) has put questions of insurance and the responsibility. There was a memorandum, where the problem of deliberate reduction of the list of risks and limits on an insurance covering in tourist list has been designated. The standard insurance includes emergency out-patient or hospitalization during a trip, delivery in hospital, “medical or death repatriation up to the airport” and the organization of all of it by insurers. RTIU experts are assured, that the list should be expanded a minimum three times. Besides, payments not always suffice for settlement of insurance cases.
Experts explain it by vulnerability of tourists a dumping of insurers at struggle for contracts with tour operators.