In 2021, Russians made 15% more trips around the country than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the most popular destinations were the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea, Alexan Mkrtchyan, General Director of the Pink Elephant travel agency network, told Izvestia.
“After the restrictions were introduced in Sochi in connection with the coronavirus, Crimea turned out to be the biggest beneficiary – a total of two million“ Sochi tourists ”left there and Abkhazia. Krasnodar Territory planned to receive 20 million guests, but received 18 million – but this is also very good, ”said Aleksan Mkrtchyan.
According to the expert, unexpectedly in 2021, Dagestan “shot”. In addition, Kaliningrad is popular – for the second year in a row it replaces closed Europe for Russians. For the same reason, the demand for St. Petersburg museums has grown, which in the summer of 2021 faced record queues. The Hermitage replaces the Louvre and Versailles for travelers, the expert said.
“It is obvious that the geography of travel across the country has expanded. Next year Kamchatka may gain popularity – charters will fly there for the first time, which will help to significantly reduce the cost of the tour, ”he noted.
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Source: IZ
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