Over the past few years Italy has enjoyed increased demand from Russian skiing enthusiasts. The last season put Val di Fassa at the first spot in the rating by the marketing agency Proalps, which was compiled based on the Russian arrivals statistic for the Alpine resorts.
Experts are divided over the increase of the Russian tourist flow to the country
Local travel companies credit online promotion for the rising sales
Nineteen objects have been recommended for tourism investment in the Republic of Khakassia. The implementation of these projects will facilitate the development of all the major types of tourism in the region.
According to many travel companies, the latest summer season exceeded the last year’s results, which is also corroborated by statistics: during 2013 the country was visited by about 300 thousand Russian tourists, which is 50 thousand more compared to the last year. However, experts deem it to be only a quantitative index for the market as opposed to a qualitative one.
How many clients and how much profits do tour operators lose due to the fact that potential customers cannot find the information they need on the site? And how many clients are there who chose an offer but were unable to buy it online? Statistically, three quarters of site visitors experience problems after they have already chosen a tour/ticket/hotel, in other words – at the last stage of buying/booking. Having got lost, they leave the site. So what are the ways to keep the existing clients, prolong their stay on the site and make the web page of a tour operator that much more efficient?..
Pegas Touristik, the organizer of the flight program, decided to change plans and not to terminate it in April, instead extending it through September 26.
Tourism Association “World without Borders”, together with the China National Tourist Office in Moscow, has hosted a New Year function devoted to the results of the Year of Chinese Tourism in Russia.
Russia is second with 531 thousand arrivals, constituting 5.5% of the overall tourist flow.
According to ATOR (Association of Tour Operators of Russia), the main reasons for the systematic decline in domestic flight numbers are as follows: unreasonably high flight prices, underdeveloped domestic air route network, excessively expensive airport service and new airline policies which hinder competition and facilitate further ticket price growth.