The Federal Tourism Agency, together with aggregators of tourist offers and ticket booking services, found out where Russians will go for the New Year holidays.
Among domestic Russian destinations, according to the Sletat.ru group of companies, this The leaders in the year are Krasnodar Krai (47,34% requests for tours around Russia) and Crimea (32,65%). Popular regions for New Year's holidays include Moscow and the Moscow Region (5,56%), the Republic of Karelia (3,23%), St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (1,97%). The TOP-10 also includes Karachay-Cherkessia, Kaliningrad and Vologda Regions, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Tatarstan.
According to Biletix, early sales of air tickets within Russia, made in June-October for the New Year holidays, increased by 21% compared to the same period last year. The most popular destinations for air travel are Sochi (3% of all sales), Mineralnye Vody (2%), Simferopol (1.4%), Yekaterinburg (1.2%), Krasnoyarsk (1%), St. Petersburg (1%), Rostov-on-Don (0.9%), Ufa (0.9%), Krasnodar (0.8%) and Omsk (0.7%). If last year the distribution of air tickets for domestic and Russian destinations was 57% and 43%, then this year it is 51% and 49%, respectively. At the same time, the average cost of air tickets decreased to a greater extent for domestic destinations (by 8%, from 7,460 rubles to 6,902 rubles) than for international destinations (from 19,210 rubles to 18,784 rubles, or minus 3%).
Of the world destinations, the majority of Russians chose Thailand. This destination accounts for 16,70% search queries from users of all Sletat.ru services. In second place is the UAE (13,33% queries). Turkey rounds out the top three with 7,52% queries. Vietnam, India, and the Czech Republic are also popular. Domestic resorts are in 7th place, and the Dominican Republic, China, and Sri Lanka round out the top ten.
"Krasnodar Krai and Crimea are traditionally leaders for travel during the New Year holidays. The abundance of attractions and natural monuments, pleasant weather, tourist infrastructure, discounts on health resort vacations under the "Affordable Travel" program, events, delicious Caucasian and Crimean food - all this is a factor in attracting tourists in the off-season. I am sure that the positive experience of Sochi and other southern resorts of the Russian Federation should be replicated by all regions of the country to increase tourist flow and develop the industry," noted the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov.
Source: trn-news.ru
