It became known about the plans of Russians to rest on non-working days: Russia: Travel: Lenta.ru
In the country, the days off, which were announced in the country due to the situation with the coronavirus, Russians are making plans for holidays abroad. Thus, the number of applications for tours increased by 30 percent, it became known “Kommersant” from the representative of the National Network of Travel Agencies Igor Blinov.
According to Level.Travel, most of the bookings are most frequent in Turkey (49 percent) and Egypt (24 percent). It is noted that at this stage of demand in Russia at this time, only 5 percent of bookings are usually used, at the moment the level of demand corresponds to 2019. Travelata.ru CEO Stanislav Satsuk noted that the popularity of rest in Egypt among Russians is growing. He added that the average price of tours to Egypt is 102 thousand rubles, and to Turkey – 80 thousand rubles.
Blinov, it is permitted that at the moment it is too early to predict whether demand will convert into real conditions. Despite this, there is already a shortage of hotels in the Egyptian resorts, some hotels have completely stopped sales for the November holidays.
On October 20, at a meeting with members of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin, due to the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection, declared non-working days in the country from October 30 to November 7. The head of state also instructed the heads of the regions where the high incidence of COVID-19 is recorded to assess the situation and non-working days a week earlier – starting from October 23rd.