‘We hope all the Russian travel agents manage to undergo the obligatory inspection by Rostourism and make it to the United Federal Register before June 1, 2007; as for our company, we only do business with reliable agents who are already getting all the papers ready,’ reports Olga Gulyar of Zima-Leto Travel Agency.

'We are both an agent and an operator, so we are currently drawing up all the documents as well. In case some company fails to be inspected prior to the deadline, I think the authorities could try to extend it until later, since the procedure itself is not very clear to everyone,’ Ms Gulyar feels.