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St. Petersburg will open to tourists in 10 days: details from the Committee on Tourism

The tourist season in the Northern capital has not yet restarted. “We hope that within 10 days there will be an opportunity to fully start tourism in St. Petersburg,” said Nana Gvichia, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Tourism. St. Petersburgat the tourist forum "Native spaces".

N. Gvichia noted that while in the city of tourist attractions fully functioning only water walks. “Hotel occupancy is between 10 and 20 percent, with some international chain hotels not planning to open this season at all.”

The tourist flow to St. Petersburg decreased by 90%, in particular, because up to 50% of it, at least in the organized sector, were foreigners. There is little hope that they will return this season. That is, we will have to bet on the 10-15% of the Russian tourist flow. At the same time, we expect growth of no more than 5% in July.””

Gvichia noted that organized tourism is the main share of the flow to St. Petersburg, but now it is individual tourists who go to the city.

Since July 6, museums, exhibition halls and other objects have resumed their work in St. Petersburg. Some of the restrictions are still in place.

The volume of Russian tourist flow to St. Petersburg is 5 million for the year officially, according to unofficial data – 10 million. But tourists have already gone to St. Petersburg - air traffic in July increased by 40%.

The representative of the Tourism Committee noted that programs with convenient logistics are being prepared together with the Leningrad Region to offer 5-7 day tours.

Source: tourprom

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