Russia’s share in the sales structure of May holiday tours decreased from 59% to 24% during the year. In this respect Wrote The newspaper “Kommersant”, referring to the calculations of the search service “Sletat.ru” tours.
The newspaper also quoted the Travelata.ru service, where tours in Russia account for 24% of all sales. A year ago, travel within the country during the May holidays accounted for 53% of tours.
Sergey Romashkin, CEO of Dolphin tour operator, attributed the decrease in the share of planned trips to Russia in May to the desire of Russians to give up additional expenses on weekends in order to save money for the sake of summer vacation.
In addition to Travelata.ru, the average check when booking tours in Russia for a vacation increased by 13% over the year, reaching 59.1 thousand rubles.
On March 25, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, instructed Ministry of Economic Development of Russia to ensure the regular selection of patriotic tourist routes and their promotion.
Before that, on the same day at the Russian Embassy in Madrid reportedHe said that the number of Russian tourists who visited Spain last year decreased by more than 2019 million compared to pre-pandemic.