Restrictions on international flights against the backdrop of a pandemic COVID-19 forced organized travelers to reconsider plans for the summer. Turkey this season had replaced Adler and Anapa. The tourists abandoned the usual format of all inclusive and hotels of category “five stars”, focusing on the reservation “treshek” with Breakfast. Due to high demand, additional health requirements and short-season vacation for them this year was a little more expensive than a similar trip a year earlier.Among the most popular holiday destinations among Russian tourists in June was Adler, forming 34% of the bookings. Such data results Travelata.ru. In second place was Anapa — 11% of sales. Alushta and Sevastopol formed for 9% of sales, Crimean olenivka — 4%, Krasnaya Polyana — 7%, Sochi — 5%. In June of 2019 the undisputed leader of demand was Turkey, which accounted for 54% of demand, the total share of the Russian areas was 10%.Estimated Travelata.ru, average price for booking tours in Russia this year has decreased to 31.5 thousand RUB compared to 37.5 thousand RUB. to the same date last year. Analysts attribute this to the growing popularity of more affordable means of accommodation: proportion of hotels of category “three stars” for the year in the structure of the reservation increased from 25% to 42%, and apartments — from 2% to 8%. A strong decrease in the share of facilities of high level in Traveleta.ru explain that they are the most popular in remaining closed to the Russians of Turkey, while the rest inside the country is mostly perceived as available.But other market participants with this assessment disagree. So, the General Director of tour operator “Dolphin” Sergey Romashkin noted that the reservation price for the year increased on average by 20% due to the inflow on the domestic market of the tourists who used to travel to European and Turkish resorts. Now their share reaches about 30%. Mr. Romashkin adds that the average occupancy in the Crimea for the year rose by 5-10%, in Krasnodar Krai — by 7-11%. “But we are talking mainly about the inflationary costs of rising prices we have been informed back in January,” he explains. An additional factor that could lead to higher prices, a top Manager calls the new sanitary requirements, the cost of which hoteliers laid in the room rate.Mr. Romashkin explains that this is mainly due to the short season. According to him, budget tourists rest on the black sea coast in may—June, when the cost of some hotels may be two times lower than in July and August, but this year the opportunity was open to them. In General, according to a top Manager, download inland resorts now comparable with the previous year: the tourists were forced to abandon trips to the sea, but their place was taken �� > uristy, who lost his overseas holiday.Estimated Travelata.ru 39% of tourists chose in June tours based on Breakfast, while a year earlier the figure was at 11%. Share tours with accommodation without meals was 34% against 8% a year earlier. This dynamic analysts also associated with a lack in the Turkish market, where tourists often choose to stay on the system “all inclusive”.Alexander Mursalovitch next
