Analytics - Russian Travel Digest

14.06.2018

The cheapest tours for the end of June

Average prices for weekly beach tours for the end of June in most directions have increased. But there are exceptions - Russia, Greece and Spain. At the Russian South resorts at the end of June you may rest for 20-30 thousand Rubles (273 – 409 Euros) for two persons with a flight. "Vestnik ATOR"…

13.06.2018

Raduga Travel tour operator announces termination of activities

“Raduga Travel tour operator announced the termination of activities due to the inability to fulfill its obligations under contracts for the sale of tourist products”, - it follows from a notice published on the company's website. The press service of Rosturizm reported that according to information…

06.06.2018

Early booking program – the leaders and dynamics

March was the peak month for the early bookings of summer tours this year. The Analytical Service of ATOR has studied the statistical data on the use of B2B services of Sletat.ru tourist aggregator for March 2018. For this month in the search engine "Sletat.Ru" users made 45% of search requests…

04.06.2018

Russia, Turkey and Cyprus have become the most popular destinations for a Day of Russia holiday

“Russia, Turkey and Cyprus have become the most popular destinations for the June weekend, when the country celebrates the Day of Russia”, - reported the press service of Biblio-Globus travel operator. In total, the company analyzed more than 50 Russian and foreign directions. "Inside Russia the…

24.05.2018

In 2018 TUI Russia plans to send 650 thousand tourists to rest

“TUI Russia tour operator plans to send 650 thousand Russian tourists to rest in the summer season of 2018”, - said the representative of the company. "This year we offer the rest for tourists from Russia in more than 30 countries, against 17 countries last year. And the flight program is also expanding:…

14.05.2018

Experts named the most popular countries for Moscow residents during May holidays

“Experts named the most popular countries for rest during May holidays among the residents of Moscow region. The TOP 3 includes Turkey, Russia and Cyprus”, - reported Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). "Most residents of Moscow region for May holidays bought tours to Turkey - 39% of all…

11.05.2018

Tourist flow from Russia to Spain grew by 13% in March

“In March 55,400 Russian tourists visited Spain, which is 13% more than in the same month a year ago”, - according to the National Institute of Statistics of the country. In total, 5.4 million foreign tourists visited Spain in March, which is 10% more than in the same month in 2017. Most travelers came…

10.05.2018

The tour operator named the most popular months for traveling among Russians

“The most popular months for organized Russian travelers are three summer months (about 40% of all realized tours)”, - showed the study of Biblio-Globus company, during which more than 4 million tours for more than 50 Russian and foreign destinations in 2016 and 2017 were analyzed. According to the…

03.05.2018

The "stops" from the popular hotels have slowed down the dynamics of growth of Greece

In the season 2018 the leading tour operators are seriously expanding both their volumes for island Greece and the flight programs. The leading tour operators report that demand for Greek resorts for the summer 2018 during the early booking program has grown. According to market participants, we…

03.05.2018

TOP-5 of foreign destinations for May holidays in 2018

According to the aggregated estimates of the leading tour operators, the demand for tour packages for May holidays in 2018 increased against the last year from 20 to 40%, depending on the direction. At the same time, the depth of sales has grown seriously, which shows that our tourists have realized…

24.04.2018

Tour operator "Intourist" consolidates business

“The board of directors of Intourist-Thomas Cook joint venture has decided to consolidate all types of tour operator activity in one company - Intourist Tour Operator”, - reported the press service of the company. "The rapid growth of volumes in the segments of incoming, out coming and internal tourism…

23.04.2018

Tour operators have opened sales of ski tours for the next season unusually early

“Sales of ski tours for the season 2018/2019 began this year unusually early - already in April”, said the PR-director of Tez Tour operator Larisa Akhanova. "For the first time sales of ski tours starts in April. Ski tourists are the most disciplined and prudent customers, for them the priority is the…

19.04.2018

Turkey, Cyprus and Spain lead among foreign destinations for May holidays

“Turkey, Cyprus and Spain have become the most popular foreign holiday destinations for May holidays”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze.

"Half of all the sold tours for May holidays are to Turkey resorts.…

18.04.2018

Sales of foreign tours decreased by 30-40% due to the fall of the Ruble exchange rate

“Foreign tours sales decreased by 30-40% due to the decreasing of the Ruble”, - said the Press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT) Irina Turina. "Sales on Tuesday fell by at least 10% and in some cases by 30-40%. This happened because of the collapse of the Russian stock and currency…

10.04.2018

S7 Airlines opens regular flights to Antalya

“S7 Airlines will start flights from Moscow to Antalya on May 27, 2018”, - the carrier's press service reported. Regular flights of S7 Airlines from Domodedovo airport to Antalya will be performed daily. Departure time from Moscow will be at 13:05, arriving time to Antalya airport - 16:40 of local…

05.04.2018

Which destinations will Coral Travel promote this summer?

In the summer season of 2018 Coral Travel will significantly expand the flight programs in four directions and increase the proportion of hotels with guaranteed quotas of rooms - in a number of countries - up to 94%. According to the company's data, in 2017 the total sales of package tours made by Coral…

04.04.2018

Matreshka Tour plans to start payments this week

Matreshka Tour operator is selling off assets for making payments to tourists, whose tours were canceled in the winter season. The tour operator Aurora BG has been sold, negotiations are underway to sell the retail network. On Friday it became known that the St. Petersburg company Aurora BG changed the…

30.03.2018

Media briefing on the occasion of the opening of the tourist office of Qatar in Russia

On March 29, 2018 in Moscow was held a media briefing on the occasion of the opening of the tourist office of Qatar in Russia. At the briefing with an analysis of the development of the tourism industry of the country discoursed the Ambassador of Qatar to Russia Fahad Bin Mohammed al Attiyah and the…

26.03.2018

Will Rhodes become year-round resort on the Russian market?

The Ministry of Tourism of Greece will promote the island of Rhodes as a year-round destination. The Russian tour operators working with Rhodes, as with the summer direction, doubt that the island will interest Russian tourists in the low season. And there are a number of significant reasons for this.…

23.03.2018

The most accessible foreign destinations for travel on March 8 are named

“Turkey, Cyprus and Bulgaria are the leading destinations among the most accessible foreign countries for the long weekend in March 2018”, - reported the press service of Biblio-Globus tour operator. "When compiling the rating of available foreign destinations for beach and excursion holidays we took…