The tourist market is recovering - the bankruptcies of Neva, Labyrinth and IntAer were expected. What happens next?

Nothing unexpected is happening in the tourist market now - bankrupt tour operators have accumulated debts a long time ago, and most importantly - the current activity was not profitable - this is the opinion of experts of "OnlineTour". At the same time, the company regrets that the worst possible scenario was realized - when the bankruptcy of the tour operator Labyrinth was provoked by Orenburg Airlines at the height of the season (had it all happened a month later, there would have been significantly fewer affected tourists). After the bankruptcy of Labyrinth, the pressure of partners on tour operators operating mainly in European destinations and having debts immediately increased. Therefore, it is natural that after announced the termination of the activities of IntAer. If there will be new bankruptcies, then they should be expected in this group of small tour operators, as their profitability and demand for tours to Europe fell significantly due to the aggravated political situation, sanctions and the growth of the euro.

"We are not clairvoyant to know the exact date of the stop of the activities of a tour operator, - says the founder of the service for booking tours OnlineTur.ru Andrey Borodin - but, in an effort to protect our tourists from trouble, we sometimes reinsured and pre-excluded not reliable tour operators from our search system. So Neva was excluded from our tour search a year ago, Labyrinth in May this year, and IntAer two years ago. It is important to understand that this is a difficult decision for a travel agency - after all, for some hotels, prices for tours at the Labyrinth were the lowest, and for many tourists, the difference even in 2-3 thousand rubles is significant.

“While European destinations have been unprofitable this season, Turkey has been very profitable due to the shift of tourist arrivals from Europe.” Therefore, the probability of bankruptcies of major tour operators engaged in Turkey is extremely low this year, said the founder of the online tour booking service OnlineTur.ru. In addition, due to the hype about bankruptcies in the near future, you can expect a large number of burning tours at favorable prices - for tourists this is a great opportunity to save on vacation in the velvet season.


OnlineTur.ru.