How much will the May holidays cost in Egypt?
In a few days, a regular air service from Moscow to Cairo will be opened, but it is not yet profitable for almost all leading tour operators to make tours to Egyptian resorts through Cairo and market participants are waiting for direct charters.
May in Egypt is considered the "high" period: in the resorts of the Red Sea during this period it was always possible to swim. Now you can get to the beaches of Egypt yourself and with transfers.
Are Russian tourists interested in tours to Egypt in May?
Representatives of large agency networks report that there are practically no requests for tours to Egypt for the May holidays. People are in no hurry to the Red Sea because of expensive tickets and complex logistics to the resorts.
Experts note the fact that families have always flown to Egypt from Russia, so it will be extremely difficult for people with children to get from the regions. An independent flight with connections to Cairo or Istanbul will also be very expensive.
Alexander Mkrtchyan, director of the network of travel agencies "Pink Elephant" believes that "People are now ready to spend on a tour to Egypt 40-50 thousand rubles for two, a maximum of 60 thousand rubles." So until the charters return, it is not worth talking about Egypt as a mass destination at all.”
About the restoration of air traffic with the resorts of the Red Sea, the expert says that this event will not happen this year.
The “Egyptian factor” affects the minds of compatriots – in February 2018, 7.8% of Yandex users who were looking for a vacation were interested in tours to Egypt. Most often, requests come from tourists who can pay a low price for Egypt.
Dmitry Mazanikov, head of the Ross-Tour regional network, identifies two categories of tourists interested in opening charters to the Red Sea. First, people expect that the Red Sea resorts of Egypt “is about to open charters”, which means that tours will become cheaper and there will be an opportunity to go on vacation in the summer. Another part of travelers is sure that with the opening of charters to Egypt ... prices for Turkey will fall, and they will go to Turkish beaches on the cheap.
Egypt is interested in tourists who are counting on budget holidays and those who are looking for burning vouchers. But the market has changed and prices will not fall. Those people who could and wanted to travel to Egypt have already done so.
The cost of flying and living in Egypt for an independent trip.
Individual travelers are also not happy with the value of May Egypt. According to Biletix, Egypt’s bookings for the upcoming holidays in May are significantly lower than in 2017, down 21%.
The Association of Tour Operators calculated the price of a trip for seven days to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh with a flight from Moscow with connections in Cairo or Istanbul, hotel 4* and 5*, “all inclusive”.
The minimum cost of the flight Moscow-Hurghada-Moscow per person on April 28 (departure) – May 5 (departure) with a transfer in Istanbul is 38 thousand rubles.
Flight Moscow - Sharm el-Sheikh - Moscow on the same dates will cost 53,559 rubles.
A week in Hurghada on the All Inclusive system in the hotel 4 * costs 20 100 rubles, 5 * - 28 700 rubles per room. Hotel 4 * in Sharm el-Sheikh in the same system costs 10 300 rubles for a double room, hotel 5 * - 14 300 rubles for a room for two.
It turns out that the most budget independent tour for two in the May holidays from Moscow to Hurghada will cost from 96,100 rubles (hotel 4*, AI) to 104,700 rubles (hotel 5*,AI). You also need to take into account the cost of airport-hotel-airport transfer. A tour to Sharm el-Sheikh will cost 117,400 rubles for a 4* hotel and 121,400 for a 5* hotel.
According to information: atorus