How much did Russian hotels earn on tourists in 2019?

From January to September 2019, Russian hotels received 54.2 million tourists, earning 205 billion rubles.

The number of travelers increased by 11% and profits fell by almost 7%, with the decline in income in the main tourist centers – Moscow and St. Petersburg – even more severe. Such data were presented to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

In terms of the number of tourists, hotels of the Central Federal District took the first place - 17 million tourists stayed in them, an increase of 7.3%. In second place is the Southern District – 10.8 million +23.6%, in the third North-Western 8.4 million +15.3%.

The most noticeable increase in tourist interest is recorded by hotels in Dagestan - +192% and Sevastopol - +131%.

Most of the tourists were domestic – 46.5 million Russian citizens accounted for only 7.7 million foreigners. The latter prefer hotels in the Central district, where 4.2 million (+9.44%) and North-Western 2 million (+16.43%) came.

The total volume of paid services is 205 billion rubles. And this is a decrease of 6.9% compared to 2019.

Leaders in the number of tourists were leaders in the decline in profits: in the Central Federal District - 13.2%, in the North-West - 16.2%. In Moscow, the decline in profits - 19%, in St. Petersburg - 21%.

Source: tourprom