The most sought-after outbound destinations from January to September were Turkey (2.7 million people,+20%), Egypt (1.4 million people,+17%), Greece (1.1 million,+69%), Spain (887.1 thousand,+29%), China (787.2 thousand,-20%), Finland (787.1 thousand,+102%), Thailand (683 thousand,+23%), Germany (638.1 thousand,+20%), Italy (605.5 thousand,+31%).
According to Domodedovo Airport, from March to September of 2013 almost all top destinations were growing, aside from Egypt and Croatia. The mean growth value constituted 15.8%.
It is notable that up to 80% of tourist flow gives tour operators scope, while 20% give profit. In order for the ‘profitable share’ of tourists to grow, tour operators should offer a number of additional services to their clients
As for the Russian tourists who have visited China this year, their number amounted to 883 thousand, which is a 12% year-over-year drop
Mr. Shpilko also said that the fastest growth rate (6.1%) in terms of tourist flow was exhibited by the countries of the Far Abroad, while prior to this year the CIS showed the best growth rate results
80% of the Eastern European market of travel service online sales is controlled by 20% of the companies operating within the business. Such were the results gathered during a PhoCusWright research in Eastern European countries, which were announced by the company’s spokesman, Krasimir Simonski, on the international conference ‘Air Transport Marketing and Sales’ that was held in Moscow on November 21-22.
During the First Russian-Chinese Culture and Tourism Forum that took place earlier in St. Petersburg, culture ministers of Russia and China, Vladimir Medinsky and Cai Wu, signed an agreement on new cooperation programs for 2014-2016, reports the TRN correspondent.
Advertising campaigns of Russian airlines are, for the most part, aimed at the upper middle-class. This, in part, causes many Russians to regard air services as something luxurious which, in turn, causes airlines to lose a large portion of potential clientele. This opinion was put forward by Lev Koshlyakov, deputy corporate communications CEO of the ‘UTair’ airline, on the international conference ‘Air Transport Marketing and Sales’ that took place in Moscow on November 21-22.
Starting January 1, 2014 Federal Tariff Service is going to raise prices for seats in sitting and couchette carriages by 4.2%. It was announced on a press-conference by Vladimir Kalyapin, the first deputy CEO of Federal Passenger Company (FPC), TRN correspondent reports.
Russian Union of Travel Industry has sent a letter to Thailand’s tourism minister Somsak Pureesrisak voicing concerns about the safety of Russian tourists in the country, as TRN magazine has learnt from the Union.