Valentine's Day: where do Russians relax on a romantic weekend?
Defined destinations that choose independent tourists for travel on Valentine’s Day.
Ostrovok specialists analyzed booking data for February 12-15, 2021.
Among the most popular destinations for a romantic weekend were Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan. Russians book hotels on domestic routes costing 4.2 thousand rubles a day for two, which is 15% higher than in 2020.
Most travelers (25%) are interested in three-star hotels, one in five (21%) – four-star or without an assigned category (18%). Five-star hotels account for 7% of bookings. A quarter of users chose rooms in accommodation areas with their spa complexes.
Among the popular Russian cities, accommodation in Sochi is the most expensive - 12 thousand rubles per night. The average cost of a night in hotels at the resort is cheaper - 5.4 thousand rubles. For the same amount, tourists booked hotels in Kazan, and in Moscow and St. Petersburg rooms cost 4.1 and 2.6 thousand rubles, respectively.
Choosing foreign destinations, travelers on average rent rooms worth ten thousand rubles per night, which is a third higher than in 2020. Most often, tourists choose hotels category 4 stars (41%), 3 stars (25%) and 5 stars (19%).
Most of the users fly to the places with which officially restored flights - in Turkish Antalya and Istanbul, Dubai in the UAE, Male in the Maldives, Sharm el-Sheikh.
The most expensive hotels abroad in the Maldives (17 thousand rubles a day), Dubai (12 thousand rubles) and Antalya (ten thousand rubles). Rest in hotels in Istanbul costs tourists eight thousand rubles per night. The most budget accommodation is available - resorts of Egypt - 4.5 thousand rubles a day.
Source: ria