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 bookings, in Russia - 16.7% and Cyprus - 8.05%", - informed ATOR. Greece follows them in the list of the most popular tourist destinations (7.72% of tourists), sales of tours to this country grew by 36% in comparison with the last year due to attractive prices for tours. The next in the list are Thailand (5.19%), Tunisia (5.12%), the United Arab Emirates (4.13%), Dominican Republic (1.8%), Spain (1.66%) and Vietnam (1.46%). The rest of the countries had less than 1.4% of sales for each. According to the Association, the average cost of package tours with the departure from Moscow for May holidays slightly increased by 2.3%. This year tourists often purchased tours for seven nights, the average cost of a trip for two persons amounted 54.5 thousand Rubles ($ 865). On average the May tour to Turkey cost 54,300 Rubles ($ 862) for two persons, most tourists bought tours for 7-8 nights. The main type of food is all-inclusive. The package tours around Russia were most often purchased for a period 4 - 6 nights. On average such trips cost 13.2 thousand Rubles ($ 210) for two persons, which is 32.7% less than a year earlier. The main category of hotels is 3-stars. For a trip to Cyprus in these May holidays tourists paid an average 65 thousand Rubles ($ 1032). As in Turkey, Cyprus hotels usually were purchased for 7-8 nights for two. The main category of hotels was 3-stars, the preferred type of food was HB. According to ATOR, the average cost of tour packages for May holidays in Greece was 43.2 thousand Rubles ($ 686) for two persons for 7-8 nights. The preferred type of hotel was 4-stars, the main type of food was all-inclusive.