Compiled the top 10 popular tours of the “velvet season” among Russians
Tour operators announced a rating of the 10 most popular destinations of the “velvet season” in terms of current booking volumes. Turkey leads in summer and autumn 2018.
Biblio-Globus says that the demand for tours in the autumn to the Turkish Republic is 74% higher than in the same period in 2017. The booking depth reached November 2018.
Tour operators explain the popularity of autumn Turkey by a unique combination of positive factors for Russians: no visas, a short flight, a long season, two coasts, different hotels, the all-inclusive system.
Daily charters and regular programs give you the opportunity to choose a holiday from 1 to 30 nights.
Turkey. Tunisia. CyprusRussia, Spain. Greece. ItalyDominican Republic, Vietnam and Thailand - ten best-selling destinations according to reviews of tour operators for September-first half of October 2018.
Silver was shared between Tunisia and Cyprus in the autumn. In Tunisia, rest is possible on the mainland resorts and on the island of Djerba, despite the “black PR”, popular among Russians due to the excellent ratio of price and quality, lack of visas, all-inclusive food, beach holidays with health and SPA.
Cyprus has retained the status of a popular beach holiday destination in the velvet season. In September-October in the resorts of Cyprus is warm. In addition to the direction – a simplified visa regime, a variety of transportation from the cities of the Russian Federation and high-quality service.
The depth of bookings in Cyprus at Biblio Globus reached January 2019.
Russia occupies different companies from 2 to 6 places. Tour operators note the growth of bookings in Russia, the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea. September in the South is almost closed. In the structure of sales of package tour aggregators booking Sochi for the velvet season took three quarters, only a quarter falls on the Crimea.
In the top 10 best sales for the “velvet season” were Spain, Italy and Greece. Here excursions, gastronomic tours, a good beach holiday are possible.
In the hotels of these countries began a seasonal decline in prices, foreign tourists less, and the rest is comfortable. Hotels on the Costa Brava and Costa Dorada offer discounts of 10% to 35% on tours until the end of September.
In addition to beach holidays, our compatriots go on excursions in early autumn. The top 5 most requested destinations of the tour operator BSI Group at this time are the UK, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Italy.
Long-haul destinations return to active sales in autumn. The leaders of the velvet season, which were in the overall TOP-10 (places from 3 to 10 for different companies) are Thailand, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, where you can combine exotic holidays with excursions.
The top 10 of the “velvet” period included the future leaders of the winter beach – Thailand and Vietnam, attracting our compatriots with a beautiful coast, excursions, a comfortable climate, exotic food and no visas.
According to information: atorus