November holidays: where do Russians spend the long weekend?
Almost half of Russians (46%) went to travel around the country for the November holidays. Such results were shown by the study Booking.
The most popular routes were Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi with suburbs and Crimea. Experts explain the demand for resorts in November by good weather, low cost of flights and train tickets.
The Russians decided not to give up traveling around the country during the so-called November holidays. Even though the day off fell in the middle of the week, the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 is unstable.
OneTwoTrip experts noted that National Unity Day, which hit this year on Wednesday, encouraged citizens to add a couple of days off and go on tour.
The press service of OneTwoTrip: The top of cities, although slightly, has changed compared to the same period last year. Kaliningrad in 2020 became almost twice as popular. The demand for trips to Krasnodar fell by a third, and to Simferopol increased by 30%. Most flights are scheduled for November 3, 4, 6.
The maximum bookings are made from Moscow (44%), St. Petersburg (11%), Krasnodar (3.5%), Kazan (3%), Yekaterinburg (2.5%). The average cost of a ticket in Russia in both directions in the specified period is 7.2 thousand rubles, 35% less than in 2019 (10.8 thousand rubles).
Many trips by train are made between Moscow and St. Petersburg, trains to Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo, Kazan, Bryansk are popular for trips from the capital. The top 20 routes from St. Petersburg included Pskov, Sortavala, Tver.
Residents of Sochi, Makhachkala, Krasnodar, St. Petersburg are actively planning trips.
As for accommodation, 82% of tourists chose hotels, 5% - resort hotels, 3% - apartments and hostels, 2.5% - guest houses. Most often, Russians booked double (53%) and single (30%) rooms, 14% of Russians planned accommodation with children. 3% booked a room for three or more people.
Yuri Barzykin, First Vice President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry, noted that the reduction in the cost of air and railway tickets, the cashback program affect the desire of Russians to travel around the country.
Source: iz
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