Coach Trip's Brendan Sheerin has spoken about the possibility of taking the show to Russia.
The show's tour guide - who is openly gay - said that he would be happy to visit the country despite its anti-gay laws.
Asked which countries he would like to visit with Coach Trip, Sheerin explained that he would "love to nip to Saint Petersburg" to see the palaces.
"It would be a big thing to take the coach there," he told Attitude magazine.
"I think you need to visit Russia to show yourself as a gay person and say, 'I live my life like this and don't you dare touch me'. I think it's awful that Russia is so far behind when the rest of the world has moved on.
"I'm surprised by Russia, as it is an educated country with a lot of history. I can't understand where this homophobia is coming from. Russia needs to get itself into the 21st century."
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Coach Trip recently returned to Channel 4 following an almost two-year hiatus and has performed consistently in the ratings.
Asked whether he thinks the show will return for a milestone tenth series, Sheerin said: "I think so, yeah. If Channel 4 are happy with the figures I'm sure that Coach Trip will carry on in the future, because it's so, so popular.
"Everyone I've met has told me how they have missed it. Channel 4 can't ignore those sorts of comments. On the Monday, I started tweeting along to the programme and we got such a phenomenal response. I'm sure we will continue. They'd be silly not to really."
Coach Trip continues tomorrow (February 10) at 5.30pm on Channel 4.
