Superjob.ru has organized a poll among Russian citizens over 18 years old. The respondents were to answer the following question: ‘If for your holiday you had to choose between Sochi and Crimea, which would you choose?’
Experts’ estimations differ when it comes to assessing the prospects of the 2014 summer season in the sphere of educational tourism: some maintain that its volumes will stay the same or even increase, others remain cautiously pessimistic.
Foreign yachtsmen, who were granted the right to enter Russia’s inland waters in 2012, are reluctant to use this opportunity.
Diana Lavrikova, Press Secretary of Russian Railway Tours, told TRN magazine that demand for railway tours was quite good, and train tickets almost always sold out.
Forecasts say that this year the country will be visited by almost the same number of tourists as the year before, which is 20-26 million people. Russian tourist flow to the country in particular is predicted to experience the growth of up to 10%.
The airlines that are going to participate in the ‘Crimean’ subsidizing program have already given to understand that the planned tariffs and subsidies were not enough to make the economics of flights profitable, or at least for them to break even. Oleg Panteleev, Head of Aviaport’s analytical service, told TRN about it while commenting on the topic.
In 2013, Russians were issued the biggest number of visas in Italy: 770 thousand. The country puts great value on Russian tourists. Strained relations between Russia and the EU, coupled with the growth of euro against ruble, makes Italian travel companies uneasy.
The Rosaviatsiya Federal Air Transport Agency has authorized airlines Ak Bars Aero, Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, Nordavia, Red Wings, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, Yakutia Airlines and Yamal Airlines to perform subsidized flights to the Republic of Crimea.
According to Deputy Russian Ministry of Culture Alla Manilova, who said it during the conference ‘Government Support for Small Hotels and Small Businesses in Tourism’
St. Petersburg’s Governor Georgy Poltavchenko: “Neither western sanctions, nor political scheming will undermine foreigners’ interest in the city”.
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