U.S., Jan. 30 -- According to Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) , Russian outbound tourism stand to lose between $7.9 million and $11 million as a result of China package tours sales suspension, unless the situation with coronavirus epidemic stabilizes within a month or two.

"Losses of outbound tourism will total around 500-700 million rubles ($7.9 million - $11 million)," she said, adding that "around 30,000-32,000 package tours have been booked and partially or fully paid."

Russia's inbound tourism may lose up to $100 million unless the Chinese tourist flow suspended due to the epidemic of the coronavirus-induced pneumonia recovers by the end of March, the executive director of the Association of...