St. Petersburg: growing demand after the lifting of New Year restrictions
Tour operators have seen growing demand for travel St. Petersburg After the lifting of New Year restrictions, tours with races in March-May are in demand.
Due to the increase in the incidence of coronavirus in December, the authorities of St. Petersburg for the New Year holidays introduced additional restrictions that affected the work of cafes and restaurants, theaters, zoos, tourism services. As a result, tourists canceled up to 90% of trips purchased from tour operators.
On January 11, museums and exhibitions began to work. Excursions are allowed, including bus tours. Until the end of January, there will be a ban on mass events.
According to the head of the public relations department of the tour operator "Alean" Larisa Akhanova, the demand for trips to St. Petersburg after the lifting of restrictions grew by 35%.
“Delayed demand and availability of destinations played a major role. Now St. Petersburg is a European city for the weekend. Tourists were again interested in organized excursion programs, including with a visit to Pavlovsk and Tsarskoye Village. They account for about half of the applications received, she explained.
According to the expert, the depth of sales is small, tourists book tours 5-7 days before the trip.
“Short weekend and holiday trips of 3 days/2 nights are popular. St. Petersburg is already in the leaders of bookings for Valentine’s Day (February 14) and Defender of the Fatherland Day (February 23). Tourists prefer hotels of higher level 4 and 5* for these holidays, one said, adding that accommodation facilities offer discounts of up to 40%.
The same situation was noted in Intourist, and said that the demand for spring and summer St. Petersburg is recovering.
Short tours for festive dates in February and March are now popular. The company also predicts that after the emergence of clarity with the spring holidays, the demand for the last week of March will increase.
Source: tourism.interfax
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