Where are the most tourists. The survey showed where Russians want to relax most of all

The outgoing year, and especially summer season, turned out to be special. We were going to the World Cup, but where did we go?

According to the Pravda.Ru expert, eco-tourism is not yet in demand in our country, prices for tour packages have fallen, but not in Russia, the development of domestic tourism is due to the lack of domestic charters.

"Against the background of the World Cup, the structure of the incoming flow has changed a little," he said in an interview with a Pravda.Ru correspondent. tourism expert, doctor of economic sciences Alexander Bandurin. - And if we talk about the Russians, then this year the economy class was in great demand, because the incomes of citizens are declining. Therefore, they were very developed car travel, flew to where you can fly cheaply.

Turkey remains a priority. Trips to Vietnam and Thailand have become cheaper, and hotels are now a little cheaper there. Our tourists began to book less through tour operators.

Ecotourism is now in its infancy. This is such a long term trend. Now everything is traditional: the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Montenegro. In a word, where you can go without a visa. Still, it's cheaper."

Offhand, anyone can identify such reference points in the tourism sector - these are both capitals: Moscow and St. Petersburg. However, in 2018, on the wave World Cup- they were joined by cities where football matches were held. Why?

"After the World Cup, people went very intensively to see the venues, because they have significantly improved hotel infrastructure", - says Alexander Bandurin.

Yekaterinburg is the closest to the three classic tourist destinations — Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan — this year. It turns out for Ural ridge do we have no land for the European population of Russia?

The interlocutor of Pravda.Ru expresses the hope that "the government will soon think of doing something with ticket prices for Far East, Sakhalin and Kamchatka.

There is a lot of potential there, but travel is very expensive. Of course, an ordinary traveler or an elderly person will not go there.

I think that the northern South coast of our Arctic Ocean will be in demand in the near future.

For example, the same Turkey quite clearly controls the prices of air tickets. They understand that it is necessary to reduce prices, even a little dumping due to state support.

After the elections, when Erdogan was re-elected president for a new term, he said that he would now develop tourism. And we, unfortunately, have a market ... Therefore, it turns out to be more expensive to fly to our Crimea, and in Sochi, when the World Cup was held, it was impossible to fly at all.

Answering a question from Pravda.Ru about the repeated promises by the Russian authorities (and at the highest level) to lower prices for air travel on domestic flights, our interlocutor expressed his fear of being criticized.

“In order to sharply criticize, the tools that our government uses to stimulate tourism should be clear. One of the striking examples is that they prepared a site on Lake Baikal, built a road there, and business understands that people will not go there and do not build hotels.

It seems that money has been invested, everyone reported that some small program has been completed to develop tourism on Baikal, but in reality it is not developing, because tourists did not go there. This is the problem," said Alexander Bandurin.

A big problem in the development of Russian tourism is not only the high cost of tickets, but also the distance.

Expert Alexander Bandurin is sure that "until we make internal charters, which we don't have in Russia yet," the matter will not get off the ground.

"We have companies that perform regular flights, there are discounters, but there are no charters, so we have a very large flight. Flights account for a large share of the ticket.

Unfortunately, until we begin to resolve this issue of domestic charters at the government level, at the level of the Ministry of Transport, or at some other level, prices will still be quite high."

Alexander Bandurin sees a way out: "It is necessary to make tourism in Russia fashionable. Especially for young people.

To do this, you need to make certain efforts, and not develop tourist brands that are not known to anyone.

What's the point that we have developed a tourist brand "Russia"? What's next? For that part of the youth who can go, it is not fashionable to have a rest in Russia. And not fashionable because there are a number of factors.

The first factor is a low level of safety, the second is that there is no product that would be interesting for our youth. For example, there is no entertainment.

We have a lot of ski resorts that are interesting, but we need to build lifts there, build normal hotels, and build infrastructure. Only fans ride all day.

The second part of the day should be filled with something else, maybe taking care of your health, or getting to know cognitive things.

The system has to line up, but unfortunately, this is slowly happening. It is clear that investments are needed, but with investments it is very difficult."

Interviewed by Lada Korotun

Prepared for publication by Igor Bukker

Let's talk about where and how Russian people relax. This is very interesting.

The crisis has affected many areas of Russian life, including entertainment.

The trend has remained the same: people watch TV shows, spend time in the country (these activities do not require special expenses), but visit shopping and entertainment centers, travel abroad have become less frequent.

“The index of consumer confidence, according to Rosstat, in the first quarter of 2015 fell to minus 32% from minus 18% in the fourth quarter of 2014 (it was worse only in the first quarter of 2009 - minus 35%). Real incomes were reduced, the population began to save on everything that does not belong to the basic necessities” (Vedomosti)

Our compatriots have become less likely to have a rest "on a grand scale", they save on everything except the most urgent needs , have fun with the same, pre-crisis dynamics, only a few. Basically, everyone has “pulled off their belts” and is trying to find an alternative to foreign and noisy, restaurant, club holidays in some kind of homely, useful or inexpensive activities.

For example, sales of board games increased, Russians began to visit fitness centers more actively , pump the press, follow the figure, someone even decided to radically change their habits: they chose knitting and reading books as entertainment.

“Outbound tourism has been greatly reduced. For example, a third fewer Russians arrived in Europe in the first quarter than a year ago. The turnover of restaurants, cafes and bars in Russia for the first quarter decreased by 4.4%. Russians walk less shopping malls, sales of clothing and footwear decreased by almost half in physical terms. It’s embarrassing to even think about car sales.”

Sitting at home provokes not only the development of interest in inactive and inexpensive forms of entertainment, but also, for example, in drinking ... About the latter, it is only known that:

“Production of vodka and beer in 2014 decreased by 22.5% and 7% respectively, retail sales of alcohol – by 7.7%. Imports of wine in the first quarter decreased by a third. On the other hand, last year the excise tax on strong alcohol increased sharply, causing an increase in the shadow turnover of vodka and sales of moonshine stills. Since February 1, 2015, the minimum price for vodka has been reduced” (Vedomosti).

However, so far the picture is this: there are a lot of beer kiosks, bottling points, and they are in good health ...

The majority of Russians, both during the crisis and before it, are engaged in the most popular form of leisure - watching TV. Another significant part - prefers to spend time in the country, in nature.

Despite numerous talks about how good it is abroad, only 17% of our compatriots have passports. About 70-80% of Russians have never vacationed abroad. In general, visiting is good, but home is better ...

For example, in 2014, only 8% of Russians traveled outside the country, 21% rested in their dachas, 40% did not go anywhere at all during their holidays, while 79% (in all categories) were satisfied with the state of affairs, but among those who traveled abroad, they remained 91% satisfied.

“Among the factors that overshadowed the rest of the Russians were high prices - 12% of respondents complained about them, and poor service - 12% were also dissatisfied with the service sector.

If we talk about costs, then on average Russians spent 29,731 rubles on a trip, which is less than last year (30,778). At the same time, vacationers from Moscow and St. Petersburg had the highest spending: 38,579 rubles, which, however, is not surprising: incomes in these cities also exceed the national average.

The most favorite countries among Russian tourists - according to Rostourism:

Egypt (since the beginning of 2015 it was visited by 402 thousand people),

Thailand (185 thousand people),

Germany (141 thousand Russians),

United United Arab Emirates(107 thousand Russians since the beginning of this year),

Italy (101 thousand tourists).

Abroad, Russian tourists prefer to sunbathe, visit sights, go shopping, etc.

On Russian lands and beaches, people prefer: lie on the beach, explore the world with the help of excursions, settle in a sanatorium.

Those who go on a hike on their own, pitch a tent in front of a precipice 3 km away, raft along stormy river rapids on a makeshift raft - fewer. But the latter is more interesting to everyone than the usual comfortable and guaranteed safe rest: where, if not in the face of the fear of death, with adrenaline going wild, can one appreciate everyday life without adventures?

An alternative to foreign horizons for a large part of Russians who cannot afford a vacation abroad are Russian resorts, recreation areas, natural parks, rivers, lakes, cottages, a house in the village with my grandmother, fishing, picking mushrooms, berries, barbecue.

And although rest on their lands can be much better than abroad - after all, there are conditions - yet even those who do not go to foreign lands dream of visiting there. Because this is exotic, a change of scenery ... most often, rest is good in a favorable environment, but it is in a divorced from the usual rut. True, if, being unprepared, you go to the countries of South Africa with a climate opposite to the typical climate for Russia, you leave bitten by insects - it’s not a fact that your vacation will “succeed”.

To date, only a quarter of Russians who go on vacation go away from home, and only 5% go abroad, 2.5 times more rest yut in the Crimea.

In fact, fewer young Russians go to nightclubs than it seems about 7%. The main age category is up to 30 years. A third of Russians visit cafes, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, 17% - fast food establishments, 13% - beauty salons.

Nightclubs are no longer as popular as they used to be. If at one time they were a new format for such a relic of society as discos in the rural house of the Komsomol, where everyone came in “training pants”, leggings and with a “mafon” on their shoulders, today there is already a more modern alternative to nightclubs. It is much more fashionable to go to theaters, get carried away with the abstract art of some pretentious, inadequate geniuses and amaze everyone around with knowledge of the unknown to mere mortals. However, those who are over 30 are still unanimously saying that our youth has decomposed, they love only dance floors and “energy”.

We will not talk about the moral qualities of young people, since this is a difficult question, but about the fact that the older generation, to put it mildly, is stupid ... this is not true. More and more you can meet very smart young people who at the age of 18 easily entered a medical university and are able to enlighten some doctors with their knowledge; those who are fond of the work of such famous personalities, whom the former generation began to know only when they were 40 years old ... And these are not isolated cases - there are many such teenagers. In general, nightclubs are a thing of the past.

Quite a lot of Russians are “cultivating”:

“visit cinemas (22%),

museums, galleries and exhibitions (12%),

drama theaters (11%),

concerts of both modern (8%) and classical (5%) music, circuses (4%)”.

In general, cultural events are becoming more and more popular among Russians, which, of course, pleases.

For example, in our city about ten years ago, many museums were in buildings with facades in need of repair, rooms, the exhibitions themselves were little visited. Today, everything has been renovated, many new cultural points have been opened, and they are visited.

Yes, and that all-Russian, that regional events are held at a completely different level than before. On Youth Day, for example, I remember ten years ago the main entertainment for those to whom the holiday was dedicated was getting drunk and inadequate walking around the city, scaring people.

And now there are enough drunks, but there are bright, interesting, useful events that remain in the memory of those who were drunk before: carnivals, games, shows, surprises, various miracles, concerts, special effects, etc.

Evenings of reading poetry, and various library educational programs(do you think that excellent students who do not get out of their desks go to them?) gather enough advanced youth. Of course, there are some young people who will take a different path, but still today Russia is becoming more intelligent - this is a fact.

And yet one of the entertainment that exists in parallel with others or replaces all is watching TV.. What and how often do people watch on TV? Despite the popularity of the Internet, TV is still in the lead among many Russians, who consider it a source of knowledge, obtaining basic information about the world. News and films are what viewers most often watch from TV screens in our country.

Series occupy a special place in the rating of TV in demand. What attracts people to screens or to seeing beautifully played stories of someone else's life through the Internet? It seems to be a useless thing to watch artificial tragedies, fairy tales from the outside. However, the series in the majority is just a banal vanity of life, it does not bring any benefit, but it does not bring much harm either ... “about nothing,” one might say, or “about something, but still pointless.”

Perhaps this is the concept of relaxation for many: you can not think, but just sit on the sofa and watch, albeit someone else's, but such an interesting life ...

Almost as much as TV is popular with the Internet among Russians, “hang out” is the most popular activity after watching TV programs. On the Internet as a means of communication and pastime, perhaps, it would be superfluous to mention in detail. If you are reading this article, you understand what it is about and what the Internet means in the modern world.

What is a “real Russian vacation” anyway?? If we remove vodka and its analogues from the first associations and the presented picture, then, of course, a feast, a bathhouse, barbecues, nature, a village. Or rural summer resort, weeding beds, bathing in cold river, fishing from a lake slightly larger than a puddle, etc. In winter - sleds, slides, snowballs ...

You won’t go to the village for the rest of your life, but for a couple of weeks it’s quite possible, just a cardinal change of scenery. Why not rest?

But still, a foreign country is needed, there are many curiosities, views, contrasts that are not in Russia, and at the same time one can assess what our country is in comparison with others.

Some of my acquaintances who love watching soap operas on TV plan to somehow radically change their lives every season, buy a summer house, go to a foreign resort, but most remain in the same position. And this is neither bad nor good, it's just that a person very easily gets used to inert types of recreation.

Someone manages to have fun in the workplace. For example, as many as 10% of office workers play mobile (!) Games in the workplace, another part takes smoke breaks every half hour.

A quarter of Russians play computer games, a tenth of them play board games: chess, checkers, many play mobile games.

To the question of what is missing and what else would the Russians want. Many people would love to go to an evening of humor and satire or something similar (for example, to the performance of the Comedy Club, KVN), a little less Russians want to go to the performance drama theater, almost the same number for a pop music concert, a little less Russians are attracted by ballet, circus, classical music concerts, opera.

Our compatriots are very happy about the entry of Crimea into Russia, go on vacation to this region more than half of Russians intend to, but so far only 3% have taken advantage of this chance compared to 1% in 2003.

About the rest, about the sights of the Crimea in the video "Live in high"

The Black Sea is a popular holiday destination for Russians, with 12% of the population vacationing there today compared to 4% in 2003.

What else can be noted from the entertainment of the Russians? Paintball, table tennis, rally, climbing tournaments difficult routes, chatting with friends, someone considers cooking pickles and jams for the winter, gourmet dishes according to non-standard recipes, embroidering a portrait of the Virgin on linen, creating figures using the origami technique, etc. as entertainment.

What kind of entertainment do you prefer?

The list of countries where they do not like tourists from Russia has been expanded in recent years. At the same time, residents of those places that are becoming more and more popular with Russians as resorts have joined the ranks of Russophobes. Due to the bad behavior of some compatriots abroad, the stereotypical thinking of the "owners" and differences in cultures, Russian tourists may encounter rudeness and aggression on vacation from the host.

the Baltic States. Once in the Baltic States, you will surely notice that the judgments about Russia and Russians contained in the local media reflect the opinion of ordinary citizens much more than is commonly believed. The image of Russia as an occupying country, which has been imposed on the Balts for about 20 years, has become firmly established in the minds of young people and is perceived extremely negatively. So, a Russian who decides to relax in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia may run into rudeness and rudeness. It will be better for you if you do not know local languages ​​- save your nerves. It is especially not recommended to know how "Russian pig" sounds in Latvian, Estonian or Lithuanian. “A friend who lives in Riga, seething with anger, voiced to me the comments of Latvians made to us in the expectation that we are both Russian tourists and do not know the language,” says Anna. smiled."

In order to be served not least in local restaurants and cafes, it is best to communicate with each other in English, it is advised experienced tourists From Russia. Speaking in Russian, you run the risk of waiting for your order for an arbitrarily long time. “We were traveling on the Moscow-Vilnius train. When our turn came in the dining car at the bar counter, the bartender began to serve the Estonian standing behind us, and both he and she showed with all their appearance that it could not be otherwise,” says Irina.

Ukraine, more precisely - its western part. No matter how much you try to speak with the hotel staff or the waiter in Russian, nothing will come of it, they will still answer you in Ukrainian - out of principle. No one here believes that a Russian tourist really may not know what black cava is. “I didn’t manage to communicate with the waiters,” says Aleksey. “They didn’t react at all to my Russian remarks. Orders had to be made through my Kiev friend. requests made in Russian.

In Lviv, there is a thriving restaurant "Kryivka" dedicated to the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). There are posters of anti-Soviet and anti-Semitic content on the walls, and the names of the dishes on the menu will not make every Russian appetite: fried crucian carp "Moskaliki drunk crucian", buckwheat "Wehrmacht weekdays", cocoa "Stepan Bandera's Childhood". But in order to be able to see the interior of "Kryivka" and get acquainted with the menu, you need to know the password to enter the institution - an organizational greeting from a member of the Bandera movement "glory to Ukraine" (in response - "glory to the heroes"). After a successful exchange of code words, the guard will require you to swear that you are not a Muscovite or a communist.

If during the day the health of a Russian tourist in Lviv, by and large, is not in danger, then at night you can run into ill-wishers on a national basis anywhere - even on the square of the Lviv Opera House. An ill-wisher can be recognized by the loud exclamation of "Moskals to knives!", And it's better not to wait for what will follow him. “We were almost beaten up in the very center of Lvov just because we are Russians. Militant young people, hearing Russian speech, ran up to us, began shouting obscenities in broken Russian, offered to fight, accompanying their proposal with active gestures - so that we Apparently, they understood, - says Aleksey. - They fell behind when they found out that there were Ukrainians in our company - they decided to let us go in peace."

Turkey. The more holidays in this country are gaining popularity among Russian tourists, the less locals rejoice at their arrival. This is especially true for the female part of the population. Due to the flourishing sex tourism in the country, women of Slavic appearance are increasingly faced with the hostility of Turkish women. Turkish men are more supportive of Russian women, but they say about men that they do not understand what a family is, therefore they allow women to behave loosely. The Turks often make claims to the Russians that have already become commonplace: love for alcohol and fights, inability to behave at the "Swedish" table. But there are also more original statements. "My wife doesn't like Russians, she says they all have AIDS," a Turk selling souvenirs in a hotel shop told a Russian tourist. “After that, the interlocutor hastened to assure me that this was nonsense, and he, of course, does not believe in this,” says Evgenia.

France, Courchevel b. Interest in ski resort Russian Courchevel began to wake up a few years after the collapse Soviet Union. Russian tourists that time from the current visitors of this prestigious resort are of course very different. But despite the fact that the Russian oligarchs who come to the Alps today are sophisticated, educated people with good taste, the French do not favor them and do not want to be next door to them during their holidays. Actually, no one wants to coexist with the Russians during the "Russian seasons" in Courchevel. The behavior of wealthy Russians seems to Europeans too outrageous and even indecent. In January 2007, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov was arrested at the fashionable Byblos hotel in the company of 7 women on suspicion of organizing a pimping network. True, then all charges against Prokhorov were dropped and they apologized for the detention, the French failed to prove the obscenity of the actions of Russian tourists. However, they still do not favor Russians, because they all wear T-shirts with the inscription Russia, every restaurant has a menu in Russian, and pickles are served with vodka ordered at the bar without any questions. “And my French husband never ceases to wonder: where do they get so much money from?!” says Daria, who has been living in Paris for 10 years.

For the period between the New Year and Orthodox Christmas, as well as at the beginning of March, the British and the French themselves have to postpone their holidays in the French Alps. “The French say that they have nothing to do there during the Russian seasons, and they sigh with nostalgia,” says Daria. “They believe that the Russians have taken Courchevel away from them, and they cannot forgive them for that.”

True, there is a small part of the French who are happy with the massive influx of Russians. This is the service staff, gratefully remembering our compatriots because of the colossal tips.

India, Goa. It looks like Russian tourists have fallen out of favor at their favorite resort. Goa's tourist honeymoon with Russia is over, The Times of India stated in February. Tourist visas for Russians are either expired or extended for a small bribe. Russians doing business in Goa, committing crimes, attacking local residents and similar behavior terrify Indians and scare away tourists from other countries - endanger the well-being of the state's tourism industry, the newspaper writes. “We never had problems before with the British, Germans, Scandinavians or even hippies from the 70s,” George Fernandez, president of the Goa Tourist Taxi Association, was quoted as saying. “The Russians come and eat our bread. car at the airport of their compatriots and do it under the guise of taking their friends. What, friends come to visit them every week?!" Russian tourists are representatives of the lower classes of society, they are hostile in nature, according to Goa. The firms they set up in Goa do not pay taxes, and the Russians not only engage in crime themselves, but also provide a convenient environment for Indian criminals. Indian politicians do not deny that they once benefited from tourists from Russia, but they note that they have lost even more. And local residents say that they will not tolerate the hostile attacks of the Russians, and promise to pay them the same coin.

MOSCOW, January 29 - RIA Novosti. Crimea, Baikal, Altai region, Sochi and St. Petersburg entered the top 5 regions of Russia, where citizens would be most interested in going to rest and have fun, said Ilya Grashchenkov, head of the Regional Policy Development Center.

"On the one hand, everyone wants to visit, this is a directly stable figure. If we look at sociology in detail, opinion polls, it turns out that an almost even number of respondents of all ages, all social strata, spheres would like to go on vacation to Crimea," Grashchenkov said at the presentation joint research by VTsIOM and the Center for the Development of Regional Policy.

But in a different context, these figures are changing, he added.

"If we talk about the first category (recreation and entertainment), this is a kind of general summary rating, it includes either a beach holiday - Crimea and, and vice versa - Altai, Baikal (and St. Petersburg). And, as we believe, this is due to the fact that these are the regions that most often flash in the news and in other media," Grashchenkov said.

According to him, it is also much more interesting to look at other tops - these are cities and cultural attractions. "In general, the majority of respondents told us that they want to go on vacation not to the beaches and some other types of recreation, but just for cultural attractions and new experiences," he explained.

"The third place belongs to Kamchatka (12%), which, with a small margin, is included in this top 3 as one of the most promising regions, which until recently was a closed, mothballed region, today is the leader in terms of the number of investments in the tourism industry. .. Next comes abstract Siberia (10%), that is, people don’t really know where else they would go, but Siberia, as a kind of general idea, is also in the lead, and Karelia (9%) is a little behind it,” he added is he.

The head of the Center also pointed out that among the reasons why Russians do not travel, one can single out the high cost and lack of time. "But what's interesting is that poor service worries only 3%, and transport problems, low comfort - also only 2%," he said.

"We tried to evaluate the still unknown tourist destinations from the point of view of whether the respondents are interested in them at all or not. ... The vast majority - 65% - are interested in Volgograd region in general, although, as I understand it, we are talking about Mamayev Kurgan ... In second place is Sakhalin. There is some kind of absolute top points, and all of them are mainly either focused on exotic points in Russia, or, conversely, are the usual reproduction of the school curriculum. It is interesting that a number of unexplored regions with high potential, like Yakutia, Buryatia, are of interest to the respondents," Grashchenkov said.

The survey was conducted by VTsIOM-Sputnik in two stages on November 13 and 26, 2019 among 1.6 thousand Russians over 18 years old by telephone interview using a stratified dual-basic random sample of stationary and mobile phones. For this sample, the maximum size of the error with a probability of 95% does not exceed 2.5%.

Summer is approaching and it is already becoming clear that the Russians do not intend to deny themselves a vacation. Despite the fact that the incomes of the vast majority of the population have not increased, while prices have grown, people, nevertheless, manage to snatch money from their budget for summer travel.

Only priorities have changed: instead of expensive resorts, many choose budget ones. Yes, and those who decide to go on foreign tours, began to save on the duration of the rest: now the tours average 5-6 days instead of 11-12 last year.

Anapa and Novorossiysk instead of Sochi

The choice of destinations for recreation is dictated primarily by the possibilities of the wallet. Most prefer not foreign trips, but more budget travel across Russia. Most Russians book tickets to the resorts of the south of Russia, but there are also many who go in the summer to get acquainted with other cities. Beach holidays are preferred by families with children, and urban tourism is mostly young people.

“In general, as in the past year, the preferences of Russians for summer travel have not changed,” says CEO online travel service UFS.Travel Alexey Astanin. - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Kazan are in demand for urban recreation. At the same time, Russian resorts have become more popular: for beach holiday An increasing number of travelers are booking tickets in advance to Anapa, Sochi and Tuapse. Such demand for Russian resorts is associated primarily with a better price, no need to apply for visas and a favorable, comfortable climate. And also with active development hotel business, improvement of infrastructure and services in the resorts of the south of Russia”.

Interestingly, this year, compared to last year, the demand for train tickets has increased significantly - to Anapa and Novorossiysk, which have pushed one of the leaders in 2018 - Krasnodar.

According to UFS.Travel, the average check for railway tickets was 3,258 rubles, for air travel within Russia and the CIS - 9,937 rubles. It is interesting that this year the Russians are planning in advance summer rest and buy rail and air tickets on average 2-3 months before the trip. At the same time, passengers began to actively book tickets online, buying them through mobile applications or specialized websites.

According to Tutu.ru, this year, compared to last year, the demand for air tickets to Kaliningrad is growing and, conversely, there are fewer people who want to fly to Krasnodar. Perhaps it scares away the increase in the average bill (+28% to last year's value). So the price of a flight from Moscow to Krasnodar and back in the summer of 2019 increased from last year's 8,372 rubles to 10,694 rubles.

What vacation? I have a mortgage!

According to Natalia Anisimovo, Head of the Tutu.ru PR Department th, many plans to go somewhere in the summer destroys the mortgage. “We were just doing a survey on the site about this,” she says. Travelers were asked about plans for the summer. It turned out that the second most common answer was: “What vacation? I have a mortgage. He was chosen by 17% of the respondents.

According to the same survey, 10% of Russians are going to spend their holidays at home; 8% do not plan to take summer holidays at all; 6% have not yet thought about plans. That is, in the aggregate, more than 40% of the respondents are not going to go anywhere at all, most likely due to modest financial capabilities. And this despite the fact that the survey was conducted on the site, which is visited primarily by people who are busy planning their travels. This means that the percentage of forced homebodies is likely to be even higher.

Holidays in the country and in the countryside are still popular. It is especially loved by people over 60 and families with children. In recent years, the number of families renting a house in the countryside for the summer has also increased. As a rule, these are families with children who do not have their own dachas and who cannot afford a seaside vacation. After all, for about the same money, which will cost a two-week vacation on Russian resort, you can rent a quite comfortable house in the middle lane for the whole summer.

Abroad at any cost

However, according to the results of a Tutu.ru survey, those who plan to go abroad, no matter what, turned out to be not so few - 18% of respondents. Popular external destinations have not changed since last year: Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Spain - that is, those countries that manage to form affordable offers. For several years, neighboring countries, especially Georgia, have been gaining popularity.
People began to save money, but they do not intend to give up traveling. Those who have long discovered trips abroad consider them an integral part of their lives, without them life loses significantly in quality. Therefore, people, especially those under 40 years old, are ready to shorten their vacation periods, stay in hotels of a lower class, but they want to travel abroad at all costs.

“The average check for flights abroad remained almost at the level of last year plus 1%,” says Natalya Anisimova. – The most popular foreign cities for the summer are Tivat, Tbilisi and Burgas. The average check in these areas is slightly higher than last year.”

Short trips to Finland and the Baltic countries also remain attractive, mainly for car tourists. Moreover, people from St. Petersburg travel to these countries more actively than from Moscow and other cities of Russia.

Train or plane?

Interestingly, the choice of train or plane in order to get to the place of rest depends on a number of factors, and not only determined by the price of the issue. According to Tutu.ru, tourists choose transport depending on travel time, distance and ticket price. Only every fifth passenger who is going on a trip over a long distance (over 1000 kilometers) chooses a train. The ticket price matters. If a railway ticket in the chosen direction cheaper than a plane ticket twice or more, then naturally most passengers will travel by train. Do not forget about those who travel with large trunks, as well as with bicycles, kayaks and other bulky sports equipment: if there are a lot of things, then it is almost always more profitable to travel by train than by plane.

According to UFS.Travel, the capitals Moscow and St. Petersburg are especially in demand for rail travel. Moreover, for short trips, young people and families with schoolchildren mainly choose reserved seat cars: it attracts not only profitable price, but also updated cars that have already started running on some routes, sofas with headrests, USB ports, individual lighting and much more.

But those who are going on vacation to the Russian south, in 80% of cases prefer the plane, even at distances that can be reached by train only a day. Holidays for many have become shorter, and it is more important for people to spend the day on vacation, and not on the road. “We even compiled top routes with a preference for train or plane,” says Natalya Anisimova, head of the public relations department at Tutu.ru. – So, in the top of routes with a preference for aircraft, the first place is a trip from Moscow to Mineral water. About 95% of passengers go there by air and only 5% choose the train. At the top of the rating with preference for the train was the route St. Petersburg - Belgorod. About 87% of passengers chose to travel by train, while the rest opted for a flight.”