ludhiana vaccine tourists fly to russia amid shortage at home even as sputnik lands booking queries for the combo package of russian holiday and shots exceed the frequency of flights so wait until mayend and hope for this second wave of the covid19 pandemic to subsidemicro and small travel agent association president gurpreet chawla said the russia package includes shots of sputnik v for the 18plus with certificate besides 24night stay in a 4star hotel with breakfast the client can downgrade or upgrade and add extra meals sightseeing and chauffer service but the two weekly direct flights are fulla prominent tour companys sales head rakesh sharma said we hope it will be better after may besides ludhiana other cities are also calling in mostly those are families and groups as the sharing price is cheaper than the rs 30000to40000 cost for singles there are also rs 80000 and rs 125 lakh packages local facilitators in russia have a tieup with its government clinics but boarding the flight takes rtpcr negative report not more than 72 hours oldtravel agent sanjay mehra said it was lockdown in almost all international destinations while russia was open the package includes daily breakfast in hotel airporttohotel transfer two doses of sputnik with certificate two prevaccination medical checkups all transfers and doctors visit with englishspeaking guide invitation letter for tourist or medical visa subject to approval russian visa fee also subject to approval extra meal costs rs 950 and includes continental buffet and indian food mehra launched the combo offer with seven bookingssince sputnik v has arrived in india many travel agents see their business opportunity waninga local travel agent said the russian vaccine is expected to be available in india soon but since people havent been able to go out for long they might prefer our package russian health and diseasecontrol regulations since april 28 require all passengers from india to be tested for covid19 after passing immigration they need no wait at the airport to get the result