More to Belarus than to Egypt: where Russians will fly on non-working days
MINSK, 23 Oct – Sputnik. Belarus is in greater demand among Russians on “non-working days” than Egypt, as evidenced by the data of the online ticket sales service for trains and airplanes Tutu.ru.
Among the residents who issued air tickets for the period from October 29 to November 7, the greatest demand in Russia is from the CIS countries, first of all – Uzbekistan (16.6% of those who bought tickets intend to fly there) and Armenia (14,%).
Turkey is also in the top three (13.5%).
Among the top ten destinations in demand is Belarus (4.4%), which has overtaken such popular resort destinations as Egypt and Cyprus.
Holidays in Russia
Recall that last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the introduction of non-working days in the country from October 30 to November 7 due to the aggravation of the epidemiological situation in the country.
As stated by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, the Russian authorities are not yet planning additional measures to support citizens due to the introduction of long non-working days.
According to a study by the Synergy University Center, which is cited by RIA Novosti, more than half of the respondents intend to spend most of their days off at home. A quarter of citizens earn extra money, and almost 18% have decided to visit their relatives and friends.
About 15% said they want to go on a trip, and 5.6% are going to do self-education. Approximately 3.2% of respondents hope that on non-working days they can visit cultural and leisure events and institutions using the QR code.