The beach instead of the desk: where part of the students “squat” Knowledge Day?
In 2018, the first school day falls on a weekend - Saturday, and some Russian schoolchildren will spend the beginning of autumn on the beaches.
According to representatives of the travel service Tutu, the most popular destinations are: Simferopol. SochiTivat and Prague.
Experts studied which cities and countries in early autumn will go parents with children-schoolchildren, and analyzed purchased tickets with departure from the cities of Russia in late August and return after September 3. All orders included children between 7 and 16 years old.
In the Russian top ten were mainly resort towns. The first three places on the list were occupied by Simferopol, Sochi and Anapa. In the rankings were Moscow. St. Petersburg and kaliningrad. Among foreign destinations in the top three: Montenegro, Bulgaria and Spain.
The top ten most popular were two Greek cities (Athens and Thessaloniki) and Spain (Barcelona and Alicante).
OneTwoTrip confirms the findings. “If we analyze the share of air tickets for school-age passengers in total sales, it decreases by half in September compared to the summer months. Interestingly, there are no significant changes in the structure of transportation by destination. Both in summer and in September, the ranking of popular cities includes seaside resorts and sightseeing cities.
In the top five popular places for recreation with children of school age in September, according to this service, could enter Moscow, Sochi, Simferopol, Prague, Barcelona.
According to experts, active travel with children in the fall continues despite the beginning of the school year. One of the reasons for this holiday is the desire to reduce travel costs. On average, the cost of round-trip flights to foreign destinations with departure in the summer is 24,380 rubles. In the velvet season, in September, these figures fall by 13%, to 21,240 rubles.