How do tourists choose hotels?

According to a survey of the portal HotLine.travel, most tourists when booking hotels turn to Booking for help.

55% use the service several times a year, 26% look for hotels no more than 1-2 times a year, 13% turn to travel agents or tour operators, and 5.5% book rooms directly in hotels.

According to experts, in the field of individual bookings, the service controls more than 70% of the market, and this monopoly slows down the work of domestic counterparts. According to some entrepreneurs, the state can limit the specified booking service in the possibilities – for example, in Turkey since 2107 it is forbidden to book hotels in the country through it.

But what is the alternative? Vadim Prasov, vice-president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia, believes that there are online booking systems in our country, but they do not reach the American company.

The results of the survey reflect the opinion of private travelers. But do not forget about the tour operators, serving millions of tourists. For example, explaining the acquisition of Biblio-Globe, Thomas Cook Group cited as an argument the fact that the company annually sends on vacation in Russia about 3 million customers.

Source: tourdom