Experts report prices for rooms in hotels in Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh
We will strive to resume charter flights to Egypt in the near future., – said the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at a joint meeting with his colleague from Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
While this is a political decision, and its implementation may be delayed indefinitely - from several weeks to months, as happened with the opening of flights to Cairo, their resumption lasted almost 4 months.
It is worth noting that travel operators and airlines take a short time to deliver charters to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh - they need a go-ahead from the aviation authorities.
More difficult with the “ground” – Arab hotels have adapted to the lack of tourist flow from Russia, and even increased prices.
Evgeny Dietrich, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, said that the two countries agreed to send Russian experts to Egypt to check security issues to resume direct flights to the resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. But specific information about the timing of the dispatch of the group, he did not specify.
On the beaches of the Red Sea, Russians are waiting, but Egyptian hotels have largely found a replacement and reoriented, as in the summer they were occupied almost completely, especially in Hurghada. In Egypt go Germans and British, guests from Eastern Europe and Arab countries.
Sergey Zalivin, director of the Egyptian travel agency ALS-tour, believes that due to the successful expansion of the geography of visiting travelers, hotels even decided to raise prices for the first time in the last few seasons. Compared with prices a year ago, they are now up about 25%, but still about 20-25% below the level that developed in the fall of 2015 – before the Kagalymavia disaster. Hotels 4 * cost $ 15-25, hotels 5 * - $ 25-40 per day on the basis of "all inclusive". The specialist draws attention to the fact that these are wholesale prices, and not a package cost for each tourist. He also talks about the rise in the price of aviation kerosene, which will also affect the cost of the flight.
If we talk about the availability of accommodation in hotels, the summer deficit will disappear in winter, as demand in the Arab market (except for local holidays) and in the European market drops to almost zero. “Our tour operators will find quite a sufficient number of rooms in Hurghada hotels. As for Sharm El Sheikh, there was no shortage even in the summer, because not all countries still fly there, the expert added.