Analytics - Russian Travel Digest

14.01.2019

By 2023 the countries of the Persian Gulf wait for more than 2 million Russian tourists

According to forecasts of international experts, by 2023 the Russian tourist flow to the countries of the Persian Gulf will exceed 2 million people. International research company Colliers International has conducted a study on trends on the Russian market. According to experts, six countries - Bahrain,…

05.01.2019

Experts named the most popular winter destinations

This year, the alignment of forces has not changed compared to 2017 - most often Russian tourists request beach tours and only then ski tours. Thus, according to the PR director of the United Network of TBG and Hot Tours, Olga Ivanova, Thailand is the leader among the company's customers, followed by…

04.01.2019

TOP-5 destinations from Russia in winter 2018/19

“Nowadays the experts are noting a robust growth in demand by about 10% for winter holidays in all destinations,” the executive director of ATOR, Maya Lomidze said. However, the depth of sales in this winter season is significantly lower than in the past due to the difficult economic situation. Tourists…

31.12.2018

Russian Travel Digest analyses results of 2018 in tourism industry in Russia

General results of 2018

According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, the total outbound tourist flow from the Russian Federation over three quarters of 2018 increased on a year-on-year basis by 6.45%, and the number of trips to foreign…

26.12.2018

What ski resorts in Europe do tourists choose this winter?

Tour operators PAC GROUP and TUI called the countries - the leaders in early booking ski tours for the New Year. Both companies have shown in the top Italy and the Val di Fassa resort. It is noteworthy that the figures of sales of this destination have increased by 40% at TUI compared to last year. Almost…

26.12.2018

The New Year's tourist flow on charter flights will be 10–20% higher than last year’s figures

It is expected that in December, Russian carriers will perform at least three thousand charter flights. Experts note that the growth in charter traffic is already significantly higher than the growth rate of regular aviation traffic in general. From October 15 to November 14, 2018, 2609 charter flights…

21.12.2018

Study: how did the demand for Turkey changed?

Irina Ryabovol, a representative of the international tourist meta-search resource momondo.ru, said that this year the demand for summer trips to Turkey increased by 26.7% compared with 2017. At the same time, last year the growth of requests in this area amounted 89.3%. In general, a more stable…

20.12.2018

New Year's demand: low incomes prevent Russians from resting where they like

Among the foreign destinations for the New Year are Thailand, Germany and the Czech Republic. “In the winter the most popular abroad resort is Thailand, but this is largely due to the availability of rest areas in the format of both a package tour and independent travel. Pattaya is cheaper and also easier…

14.12.2018

What tours choose Russian tourists for the New Year - 2019

Tour operators called the TOP-5 countries in sales of tours for the New Year holidays in 2019. Turkey was the leader in demand for the summer season - 2018, and for the New Year is on the first positions, while Europe is losing its audience. According to tour operators, at the current moment sales…

12.12.2018

Preliminary results of beach outbound destinations for 2018

According to the results of the second and third quarters of 2018, the leading countries were determined. Following the results of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, during this period the outbound tourist flow grew by 10.9 % on a year-on- year basis for the…

11.12.2018

Outgoing tourist flow from Russia slowed decrease

07.12.2018

Which tour operators are leading in 2018 in Antalya

Almost 90% of foreign tourists arrived this season in Antalya were sent by tour operators, sales of package tours increased by a third. Turkish analysts have calculated which tour operators sent the most number of foreign tourists to the Turkish resort. According to Turizmdatabank, for 10 months…

06.12.2018

Tour operators do not expect growth in demand for outbound tourism

“In the coming months the demand for organized outgoing tourism will not grow due to the weakening of the ruble and high prices for tours,” says the CEO of Inturist, Viktor Tolpokaraev. “We should not expect an increase in demand for trips of organized tourists from Russia abroad due to the weakening…

06.12.2018

The winter season 2018–19 and the Egyptian factor

Tour operators can offer interesting and sometimes unexpected winter destinations: for example, Gambia, where Coral Travel tour operator will continue to fly, or Zanzibar in Tanzania, where two tour operators fly this year. Now there are competitors and for the UAE - this winter tour operators launched…

04.12.2018

TOP-5 of destinations for the winter 2018–19

“Nowadays the experts are noting a robust growth in demand by about 10% for winter holidays in all destinations,” the executive director of ATOR, Maya Lomidze said. Data from ATOR Analytical Service allows us to talk about the increased demand for winter destinations. Totally, the growth in demand for…

29.11.2018

Analysis of the flow of tourists from Russia to exotic islands of the Indian Ocean

The analysis of three quarters of the Russian tourist traffic to 4 exotic island destinations of the Indian Ocean - Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Mauritius were announced. Some of them showed a drop in tourist flow from the Russian Federation, others - growth.

In…

26.11.2018

Where tourists will meet the New Year

In the preferences of travelers departing from Moscow from December 28 to January 3, domestic destinations are on leading positions. The most popular among them are the resorts of Sochi (Imeretinsky and Krasnaya Polyana). At the same time, the average cost of a tour in Russia is 22.5 thousand Rubles…

21.11.2018

Analysis: why the Russians choose hotels instead of apartments

Most Russians who prefer to stay in hotels rather than apartments choose this type of accommodation because they do not want to cook on vacation. This opinion is shared by 73% of respondents, according to the study conducted by the hotel reservation service Ostrovok.ru. More than 800 tourists took part…

12.11.2018

10 reasons why you need to experience WTM Africa 2019

WTM Africa is a vibrant, culturally diverse, must attend business-to-business travel and tourism event, with a range of destinations and industry sectors for African and International travel professionals. Join travel professionals from over 70 countries over three days in Cape Town, South Africa…