The number of trips by Russian citizens increased by 10-15%, which led to an increase in the average bill for tour bookings by 22% annually, for air tickets by 13-26%, and for hotels by 15-23%, although the supply is still limited. This article writes “Kommersant”.
Among organized tourists, Turkey remains the undisputed leader. Southeast Asian countries and Georgia are actively increasing their share, especially due to independent travelers.
Lyubov Voronina, head of international projects at Sletat.ru, notes that the bulk of summer tours have already been sold with an average booking depth of about a month. Total demand increased by 57% YoY due to stable air traffic. Dmitry Gorin, Vice President of the Russian Travel Industry Association, believes that the real increase in the number of trips abroad is more modest than last year, by 10-15%.
The average bill for booking summer tours increased by 22.2% compared to the previous year, reaching 198 thousand rubles. The largest growth was in the UAE (26.1%, up to 182 thousand rubles), and the smallest in Abkhazia (14.4%, up to 114.1 thousand rubles). On Sletat.ru, the average bill increased by 20% for Turkey (237.3 thousand rubles), 10% for Egypt (197.4 thousand rubles), and 40.5% (118.5 thousand rubles) within the country.
Travelata.ru Marketing Director Oleg Kozyrev attributes the increase in prices to the revival of demand in a limited number of destinations. According to the service, 55 percent of package tour sales were from Turkey, 11 percent from Egypt, and 8 percent from the UAE. Domestic tourism accounted for 14% of the market, down 1 percentage point from year to year.
Before this, experts It has been said About the main trends in holidays abroad this summer. The competitors of this destination are Thailand and Egypt – by the end of the year about 1.7 million Russian tourists will vacation there.
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Source: Gazeta
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