How much money do Russian citizens spend on trips around the country?

Zarina Doguzova, head of the Federal Agency for Tourism, said that the spending of Russian tourists in traveling around the country in 2018 amounted to 43 billion dollars.

According to Z. Doguzova, the number of vacationers in the homeland is increasing every year. In 2018 (compared to 2017), the number of domestic tourists increased by almost 10%. And the figure last year was more than 36 million people.

According to Zarina Doguzova, domestic tourism is becoming more popular because people like to ride on the roads. Russia. She is confident that the trend will continue.

"If, say, you take Japan, which is one of the leaders in the tourism market in terms of growth, citizens make about 400 million trips in this country every year, and spend more than 200 billion dollars <...> we have room to grow and we will work to give our citizens an opportunity to travel around the country even more. And most importantly, with more comfort.”

Source: ria