Analysts named the 10 most popular Russian cities for summer holidays
Miscellaneous / / July 20, 2023
Analysts of the Yandex Travel service have studied which tourist destinations Russians have chosen for their summer vacation in 2023. To do this, we studied data on booking tickets and searching for air tickets for travel for a period of 7 to 14 days.
It turned out that this summer 81% of service users remain in Russia, 8% fly to neighboring countries, and 11% to distant ones. The average duration of trips is 10 days.
In Russia, the demand for summer holidays grew the most in Zelenogradsk — the share of such trips more than doubled compared to last year. Also, they began to fly more often to Anapa, Gelendzhik and Vladivostok. The most popular cities in Russia for summer holidays are:
- Sochi;
- Saint Petersburg;
- Anapa;
- Moscow;
- Gelendzhik;
- Vladivostok;
- Kaliningrad;
- Kislovodsk;
- Zelenogradsk;
- Kazan.
Among foreign destinations, the demand for trips to Thailand grew the most - their share increased by 2.7 times compared to last summer. Also, Azerbaijan began to choose more often (by 2.5 times) and Kazakhstan (by 1.4 times).
The most popular foreign destinations are Turkey, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Belarus. Among specific cities, Yerevan, Antalya, Istanbul, Baku and Tashkent are in the lead.
Analysts also cite the average cost of a round-trip flight and one night in a hotel per person. For Russia it is:
- Sochi: flight - 21,100 ₽, night in a hotel - 7,300 ₽.
- St. Petersburg: flight — 14,300 ₽, night in a hotel — 4,900 ₽.
- Anapa: flight (to Sochi) - 21,100 ₽, a night in a hotel - 7,150 ₽.
- Moscow: flight — 12,800 ₽, night in a hotel — 3,700 ₽.
- Gelendzhik: flight (to Sochi) - 21,100 ₽, a night in a hotel - 6,400 ₽.
- Vladivostok: flight — 27,300 ₽, night in a hotel — 5,600 ₽.
- Kaliningrad: flight — 11,850 ₽, night in a hotel — 4,900 ₽.
- Kislovodsk: flight (to Mineralnye Vody) - 17,400 ₽, a night in a hotel - 6,900 ₽.
- Zelenogradsk: flight (to Kaliningrad) - 11,850 ₽, a night in a hotel - 9,100 ₽.
- Kazan: flight — 12,100 ₽, night in a hotel — 4,800 ₽.
For foreign holidays, such statistics are also available:
- Turkey: flight — 35,900 ₽, night in a hotel — 12,300 ₽.
- Armenia: flight — 28,400 ₽, night in a hotel — 7,500 ₽.
- Kazakhstan: flight - 29,600 ₽, night in a hotel - 5,700 ₽.
- Uzbekistan: flight - 26,000 ₽, night in a hotel - 7,200 ₽.
- Azerbaijan: flight - 36,200 ₽, night in a hotel - 12,000 ₽.
- Kyrgyzstan: flight - 28,000 ₽, night in a hotel - 8,100 ₽.
- China: flight — 48,900 ₽, night in a hotel — 13,000 ₽.
- Thailand: flight — 66,900 ₽, night in a hotel — 5,700 ₽.
- United Arab Emirates: flight — 40,900 ₽, night in a hotel — 8,200 ₽.
- Belarus: flight — 11,700 ₽, night in a hotel — 4,200 ₽.
And where will you go this summer - or, perhaps, have already managed to make a trip? Tell in the comments!
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