Their interest to stay in the country increases.
against the background of statements about the easing of the quarantine restrictions in Crimea and Krasnodar Krai tourists started go to choose the options for your summer holiday: this week, the tour operators and agents noticed fold increase in demand. Despite the fact that while it was officially announced only on the opening 1 July tourist season in the Crimea, the leaders demand tours in Krasnodar Krai.
In June, the interest of tourists for a beach holiday in Russia has increased dramatically. Estimated Level.Travel between 1 to 10 June the volume of search queries the site has quadrupled compared to may.
a Similar trend was noticed by the experts Travelata.ru estimated which 70% of tours completed in June, was sold for the last two days. General Director of tour operator “Dolphin” Sergey Romashkin noted a twofold increase in sales of tours to the Crimea and the Krasnodar region last week.
a Representative OnlineTur.ru Igor Blinov also noticed growth in demand. But, he warns, to do any findings several days premature.
the Expert notes that the attention of travelers are now concentrated mainly in the Krasnodar region, which forms about 70% of the queries. Crimea, according to Blinov, began to cause the tourists a negative Association due news on mandatory health monitoring for its own account.
the booking System also noted this trend, although according to the Level.Travel had already begun to change. If to 8 June in Sochi accounted for 40% of the queries to rest on the Russian resorts, and in the Crimea 28%, after 8 June, the figures were 36% and 37%, respectively.
the Increase in demand occurred on the background of statements of the regional authorities about the beginning of the operation of hotels and resort infrastructure. So, June 9, plans to start July 1, the reception of tourists from other regions, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov — from this day on they will be able to stay in hotels. Compulsory for visitors with visual observation is then canceled from June 15.
June 11 on the easing of the quarantine restrictions, said the Governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratiev. From 12 June, residents will be free to move between municipalities, resume can small hotels with a total of 50 rooms. It is expected that they will be locals. But Romashkin noted that the official explanation of the documents, the market has not yet seen.
“the Heads of regions have in fact started a race on the removal of restrictions, tourists feel it and also becoming actively”, — said Romashkin. However, he indicates that his company has not been selling tours for June due the lack of clear plans for the reopening of the resort infrastructures. The expert expects that the issue will be clarified next week.
Alexandra Mertsalova
