This year, Russians started to prepare for summer holidays much earlier than last year. The service reports this Yandex Travel.
The number of early hotel reservations for the summer increased 5 times compared to last year. This is due to the increase in the number of available domestic tourist attractions and the increasing confidence of tourists in their spring and summer holiday plans. Yandex Travel experts analyzed data on hotel reservations for the period from May 1 to August 31, 2024 and concluded that the most cautious ones began to prepare for summer holidays in September 2023.
The average pre-booking period for hotels is 205 days, which is 11 days earlier than last year. The earliest booked hotels in summer 2024 are the Irkutsk region, the Republic of Karelia, the Republic of Crimea, the Krasnodar region, the Vladimir region, the Altai Republic, the Murmansk region, the Republic of Dagestan, the Rostov region. and Stavropol region.
The most popular Russian destinations for the main holiday season 2024: Krasnodar Territory, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region, Moscow and Moscow Region, Kaliningrad Region, Republic of Crimea, Republic of Tatarstan, Stavropol Territory, Republic of Dagestan, Nizhny Novgorod Region and Rostov Region.
Yandex Travel experts also analyzed reservations by macro regions. The order of federal districts for early reservation from May to August is as follows: Siberian Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District, Southern Federal District, North Caucasus Federal District, Ural Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Central Federal District and Volga Federal District.
According to experts, the increase in the number of early bookings is linked to the desire to explore various accommodation options in advance, choose the most suitable hotel and prepare more thoroughly for the trip. Booking in advance, including using the deferred payment function, allows users to avoid unpleasant surprises such as high hotel prices in popular tourist destinations during the summer months.
Previously, in February, the Russians request Relax in Baikal and Sri Lanka.