Compiled the top regions of Russia in demand among tourists
The magazine "Rest in Russia" and the Center for Information Communications "Rating" conducted a study on the tourist attractiveness of the regions of the Russian Federation.
The level of development of the tourism industry and hotel structure, profitability of the industry, contribution to the economy, development of the sanatorium and resort sector, popularity among tourists were taken into account.
Rosstat data on the number of places in hotels, the income of collective accommodation facilities, the volume of paid tourist services and services of sanatorium and resort organizations, the number of citizens in hotels were used.
Tourist uniqueness and attractiveness of the region was assessed by the number of objects of cultural heritage and museums on its territory. The crime rate is the number of crimes per 100 thousand inhabitants, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Interest in the region on the Internet is determined by the number of search queries in Yandex, and the assessment of the promotion of tourism potential is based on publications in the media.
Top 20 regions of Russia
Moscow region (119.4), Moscow (118.7), St. Petersburg (118.4), Krasnodar Krai (118.1), Republic of Crimea (114.5), Altai Krai (108.6), Primorsky Krai (105.2), Republic of Tatarstan (105.1), Republic of Bashkortostan (100.7), Sverdlovsk Region (98.7), Nizhny Novgorod Region (96.3), Stavropol Territory (94.9), Irkutsk Region (94.4), Samara Region (94.1), Novosibirsk Region (93.2), Chelyabinsk Region (91.4), Rostov Region (91.2), Tyumen Region (91.8), Leningrad Region (91.8)
Top sensation is the first place in the Moscow region, which has never risen so high in 6 years.
Perhaps the pandemic played a role, because of which the residents of Moscow went to isolation for fresh air in the suburbs.
Moscow has the most powerful hotel infrastructure in the top three: the number of hotels, rooms, the number of guests received.
2020 was a difficult year for the travel industry due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Rosstat, the income of collective accommodation facilities (hotels, hotels) for 9 months amounted to 269 billion rubles, 40% less than in the same time of 2019. Revenues of sanatorium and resort organizations decreased by 35%.
Hotels from January to September accommodated 28.2 million people (61% of last year’s figure (46.5 million)). The number of foreign citizens over the period fell by 70%, to 2.3 million people.
Source: tourism.interfax
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