Foreigners are more likely to search for flights to Russia for the New Year

The tourist resource momondo reports that over the year the number of independent foreign tourists interested in traveling to Russia for the New Year increased by 31%.

Most travelers, according to the tourist search engine, are citizens of Europe, the USA, Israel. Topped the rating Germany.

FranceSecond place. Compared to the holidays of 2018/2019, the number of requests of tourists from this country increased by 10%. Closing the top three USA.

In the top ten entered Italy. BritainSweden, spaniI, Denmark. IsraelSwitzerland. Of these, only Israelis began to look for tickets to Russia more often: the annual dynamics was 8%. For other countries, there is a decrease in interest in traveling to Russia: from 1% for Sweden to 31% for the UK. Number of search queries from Switzerland The same.

There are countries in which the popularity of Russia for traveling on the New Year has increased, for example. SlovakiaSouth Korea, Singapore.

The number of potential tourists from Slovakia increased by almost 4.5 times (341%). South Korea Singapore and 2.5 times (147% and 142%, respectively). The countries of the Persian Gulf are Saudi Arabia (74%) and the UAE (51%), Colombia (48%), Luxembourg (44%), Serbia (41%), Japan (40%), Ireland (33%).

To get acquainted with Russia, most foreigners choose Moscow and St. Petersburg. For 12 months, the number of requests from abroad for New Year holidays in the capitals of the Russian Federation increased by 5% and 1%, respectively. Sochi is third.

Irkutsk showed positive dynamics (79%) due to the growing popularity of Lake Baikal. Demand for visits increased Novosibirsk (12%), kaliningrad (9%) and ekaterinburg 4%.

Source: ria