Russia: prices for tours began to decline due to reduced sales
Many travel companies now are forced to reduce prices, not only because of the traditional beginning of the year, falling demand, but also because of the crisis, tour operators reported.
«January and February have always been extremely difficult for tour operators, as well as after the New Year holiday demand falls to a minimum», - said the agency executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maia Lomidze.
According to her, now the situation is seriously aggravated the economic crisis.
She noted that in many turfirmah now sold mainly to travel as soon as possible, although at this time is usually already active bronirovalis tour in the spring and summer.
«Immediately after the New Year sales were even worse than in November and December, - the general director of« Tez Tour »Vladimir Kaganer. - Sales of Egypt dropped by around 20%. Now, where possible, reduced transport operators are united on one charter flight ».
According to the Director General of the airline Transaero Olga Pleshakova, in this situation, in an effort to support Russia’s tourism industry, the airline has reduced the price of blocks of seats on its flights seats for travel partners.
«This decline occurred in all booking classes, that is in the tourism economy, bonuses, economic and business-class», - told the Interfax-Tourism »O. Pleshakova.
«So, in tourist class on the tracks, where« Transaero »operates direct nonstop flights, the reduction of 20-50% or more - she explained. - Prices for flights Moscow - Phuket decreased by 54%, Moscow - Bangkok by 47%, Moscow - Goa by 34%, St. Petersburg - Bangkok by 30%, Moscow - Male 25% ».
In this situation, many companies have significantly increased the number of low-cost, budget tours to the most popular country. In addition, the market appeared «crisis» tours at special prices. However, given the current exchange rate of the dollar and the euro, prices in rubles is constantly growing.
