Analytics - Russian Travel Digest

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

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 countries - by 7.34%. A number of destinations showed robust…

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…

12.11.2018

Where did Russian tourists rest in summer 2018?

Turkey became the undisputed leader of summer season 2018 – over the first 8 months of this year almost 4.2 million Russians have rested there. According to preliminary forecasts of tour operators, by the end of 2018 the number of Russian tourists in Turkey will grow by 15% compared with last year -…

12.11.2018

ATOR: the depth of sales of tours abroad has decreased due to the financial and economic situation

“The depth of sales of tours abroad has decreased due to the uncertainty of the financial and economic situation. The final decision to travel the Russians take an average three weeks before the trip”, told the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze. She…

05.11.2018

Tour operators summed up the results of sales of tours for November holidays

Based on the structure of sales of tour operators, in general, the market has noted an increase in demand for tours, including the period of three-day “long” November weekend. However, this growth has its own characteristics, and the picture of demand on the domestic and abroad destinations is different.…

02.11.2018

Tour operators summed up the results of the season in Greece

Despite the economic difficulties, the volatility of the ruble and strong competition with Turkey, in the segment of organized tourism Greece, in general, showed a result closed to the last year. The preferences of tourists have changed in comparison with the last year. Early booking of resorts in Greece…

02.11.2018

BAHRAIN: analysis of the destination over the period 2015- January-June 2018

The destination is not wide-scale, but the annual growth of tourist traffic is evident. According to the Rosstat annually published data, as well as the Bahrain NTO in Russia, the country was visited by: 2015 year - 5400 Russian tourists 2016 year - 9900 Russian tourists 2017 year - 10600 Russian…

01.11.2018

Named TOP-10 of the most popular destinations among Russian air passengers

The data concerning volume and dynamics of passenger traffic by scheduled and charter flights were announced during the conference Online Travel 3.0. The experts also gave a forecast of the Russian passenger traffic based on the results of 2018. At Online Travel 3.0 conference the analysis of civil aviation…

26.10.2018

SINGAPORE: analysis of the destination over the period 2015 – 2018 (January-June)

Singapore is in the TOP-20 of foreign countries visited by Russian tourists. According to the annual statistics published by Rosstat, Singapore has been visited:

2015 year - 20 000 Russian tourists
2016 year - 29 000 Russian tourists
2017 year - 26 000 Russian tourists

26.10.2018

MALAYSIA: analysis of the destination over the period 2015- 2017

Malaysia is this direction the demand for which among Russian tourists is constantly growing due to the unusual tourist product and year-round service. So, according to the Ministry of Tourism of Malaysia, the country was visited by: 2015 year - 54,000 Russian tourists 2016 year - 45,000 Russian…