For New Year and Christmas, Russians will have 10 days off — from December 30 to January 8. Experienced travelers know that planning a vacation during the “peak season” is not the case when “getting on the last train” is financially justified. Online travel agency Kupibilet calculated where Russians purchased the most tickets for the winter holidays.
The majority of flights by Russians are domestic flights. According to data as of August 10, 37% of purchased tickets are destinations within Russia. At the same time, the most popular city is Sochi.
Leading the list of foreign destinations is India. It accounts for 5% of all sales of air tickets with departure for the New Year holidays. It is noteworthy that the country was preferred mainly by residents of Novosibirsk.
Approximately the same number of tickets were sold in Italy. The most popular city for the January holidays is MilanIn January, sales from leading global brands begin here.
It follows with a half percent lead over Italy ThailandIn January, 1.3% Russians are scheduled to land at Bangkok airport and another 3.4% at airports in other cities in the kingdom.
The fifth place among popular countries for holidays is occupied by Spain. 3% Russians gathered here, having already decided on a vacation spot today. At the same time, there were almost twice as many people wishing to vacation in Madrid as in the capital of the autonomous region Catalonia, Barcelona.
The top ten most popular countries also included Greece, France, Vietnam, Macedonia and the Czech Republic.
Kupibilet notes that the data is preliminary, and the picture may change in the remaining 4.5 months before the New Year.
Already at the beginning of December, the cost of tickets and rooms can jump by 60–70% from the regular price. According to the company's accumulated experience, tickets for Russia. In second place - Asia (A ticket to Vietnam, Thailand or Indonesia usually goes up in price by 50% in winter). Tickets to Europe are always more expensive. Although European holidays do not coincide with long holidays in Russia due to Catholic and Lutheran traditions of celebrating Christmas, there are still many tourists in Vienna, Prague, Paris and Amsterdam at the beginning of January.
Kupibilet analysts do not recommend waiting for discounts on tickets: popular destinations for New Year and Christmas are always “fully booked,” and carriers will definitely not have to make any additional efforts to attract passengers.
Source: trn-news.ru
