Rostourism: in May-August, the tourist flow in Russia amounted to 25 million people

Rostourism summed up the preliminary results of the summer season. According to the agency, from May to August, about 25 million people rested in the country, which exceeded the figures for 2021 and 2019.

Head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova reportedthat the demand for holidays in the Crimea decreased by 20% compared to last year. Interest in recreation in the North Caucasus has almost doubled, the most popular were combined tours in several republics. In the Krasnodar Territory, the tourist flow increased by “several percent.”

Ms. Doguzova said that “active routes are becoming more and more popular every year” – in Altai, Karelia, Baikal. According to her, “Bashkiria has become a novelty of the season.” Also attract tourists are the regions of the Far East – Primorye, Kamchatka, Sakhalin.

St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, as well as routes to the historical cities of the Golden Ring and the Russian North, are leading in the ranking of educational city trips. The head of the Federal Tourism Agency noted that the popularity of car travel has increased significantly, and river cruises were also popular.

According to the Federal Tourism Agency, sales of tours for the autumn and ski season have already increased by 2-3 times thanks to the tourist cashback program. She is was launched August 25, sales went until September 10. The cashback program was 20% of the cost of the tour (maximum – 20 thousand rubles), for the first four days it took advantage about 100 thousand people. By order Vladimir Putin, the cashback was doubled (up to 40 thousand rubles) when booking hotels and resorts in the Far East directly.

Details – in the publication “Kommersant FM” “Tourist cashback has attracted demand”.

Laura Keffer