Analysts of the Yandex Travel service have studied which tourist destinations Russians have chosen for their summer holidays in 2023. To do this, we studied the data on booking tickets and searching for air tickets for travel for a period of 7 to 14 days.
It turned out that 81% of the service's users remain in Russia this summer, 8% fly to neighboring countries, and 11% — far away. The average duration of trips is 10 days.
In Russia, the demand for summer holidays in Zelenograd has grown the most — the share of such trips has increased by more than 2 times compared to last year. They also began to fly to Anapa, Gelendzhik and Vladivostok more often. The most popular cities in Russia for summer holidays are:
- Sochi;
- St. Petersburg;
- Anapa;
- Moscow;
- Gelendzhik;
- Vladivostok;
- Kaliningrad;
- Kislovodsk;
- Zelenogradsk;
- Kazan.
Among foreign destinations, the demand for trips to Thailand increased the most — their share increased 2.7 times compared to last summer. Azerbaijan (2.5 times) and Kazakhstan (1.4 times) also began to choose more often.
The most popular foreign destinations are Turkey, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Thailand, the UAE and Belarus. Yerevan, Antalya, Istanbul, Baku and Tashkent are the leaders among specific cities.
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 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 7,300 rubles.
- St. Petersburg: flight — 14,300 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 4,900 rubles.
- Anapa: flight (to Sochi) — 21,100 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 7,150 rubles.
- Moscow: flight — 12,800 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 3,700 rubles.
- Gelendzhik: flight (to Sochi) — 21,100 ₽, overnight at the hotel — 6,400 ₽.
- Vladivostok: flight — 27,300 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 5,600 rubles.
- Kaliningrad: flight — 11,850 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 4,900 rubles.
- Kislovodsk: flight (to Mineralnye Vody) — 17,400 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 6,900 rubles.
Zelenograd: flight (to Kaliningrad) — 11,850 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 9,100 rubles.
- Kazan: flight — 12,100 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 4,800 rubles.
There are also such statistics for foreign holidays:
- Turkey: flight — 35,900 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 12,300 rubles.
- Armenia: flight — 28,400 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 7,500 rubles.
- Kazakhstan: flight — 29,600 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 5,700 rubles.
- Uzbekistan: flight — 26,000 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 7,200 rubles.
- Azerbaijan: flight — 36,200 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 12,000 rubles.
- Kyrgyzstan: flight — 28,000 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 8,100 rubles.
- China: flight — 48,900 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 13,000 rubles.
- Thailand: flight — 66,900,, overnight at the hotel — 5,700 ₽.
- United Arab Emirates: flight — 40,900 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 8,200 rubles.
- Belarus: flight — 11,700 rubles, overnight at the hotel — 4,200 rubles.
And where will you go this summer — or maybe you have already made a trip? Tell us in the comments!
