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Domestic tourism in Russia goes 30% up

08:10, 29 декабря 2014

The number of Russian citizenstaking a vacation on Russia's resorts has increased by around 25-30% this year, while the number of tourists travelling abroad decreased, as well as the number of foreigners entering the country. These preliminary results of the end of the season have been shared with reporters by Oleg Safonov, the Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism. According to his words, the number of Russians, going on vacations has grown from 52% to 63% and the average cost of an itinerary has come to around 30 thousand roubles. The spending spree of Muscovites and residents of Saint-Petersburg has been more significant – around 38 thousand. 

 

According to Mr. Safonov, Europe has lost a big number of Russian tourists, while such “dollar - destinations” as Turkey, Egypt and Thailand bear losses less. Fluctuations of exchange rates that leads to the rise of prices for trips abroad and the unstable political situation in the world – these are the main factors, that brought to the structural changes on the tourist market, says Oleg Safonov.

 

He also underlined that this season in Crimea wasn’t failed; around 2% of Russians have managed to get to the shores of peninsula. “The exact number will be known later this year”.

 

One of the features of this season is a line of the bankruptcy of travel agencies, which caused a deep crisis in the travel industry. Around 20 companies have shut down their businesses, says the Head of the Federal Tourism Agency. The Turpomosch (Tourist Help - compulsory bonding system) brought back to Russia around 38.4 thousand tourists, and more than 100 thousand people couldn't go for their already paid for vacations.

 

Anatoly Pakhomov, the Mayor of Sochi, noticed during the press conference, that the Olympic capital has successfully changed the image of a summer resort. The tourists started to perceive it as all-year-round family resort, which specializes in three main activities – spa, winter sports and balneology health resort. He also noticed a 30% rise of the tourist flow. Moreover, he compared it to the best year for the city - 2008. Olympics contributed to the development of the domestic and inbound tourism. According to the Mayor's words, the negotiations with Iranian, Chinese and Korean airlines about direct flights to Sochi are in progress. We believe, Sochi will not yield to well-promoted global tourist brands soon, says Anatoly Pakhomov.

 

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