In the context of globalization, tourism is an important part of the socio-economic system. Over the past few decades, the Russian economy, including the tourism business, has been deeply integrated into the global economy. However, at the moment, a political factor has begun to have a noticeable impact on the development of Russian international tourism - due to the beginning of a special Russian military operation in Ukraine. For this reason, the airspace of the European Union and many other states turned out to be closed to tourists from the Russian Federation. Within the framework of this study, Jordan is presented as a prospective tourist destination for citizens of the Russian Federation, considering the restrictions associated with both the COVID-19 pandemic and the current political situation. The histograms obtained in the course of the study show how tourism relations between countries are recovering after the pandemic. In addition, thanks to a comprehensive analysis of passenger traffic, the potential of business trips between countries has been identified. The creation of the intergovernmental Russian-Jordanian commission for the development of trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation had a great impact on the growth of passenger traffic of Jordanians to Russia.