Earlier than the Russian-Ukrainian battle, many Russians averted touring inside Russia, opting to spend their holidays overseas. Nevertheless, home journey has turn out to be the norm, and Russians have the benefit of exploring their very own nation.
Suspended Flights
Two years in the past, the EU suspended direct flights between the EU and Russia, and plenty of nations tightened visa necessities for Russian residents. As well as, the costs of airplane tickets to 3rd nations, particularly Turkey, have exploded. Lastly, Russians can not entry cost playing cards that can be utilized overseas or on-line on non-Russian websites.
In keeping with market analysis agency Statista, Russian journeys overseas to all locations fell by 44% between 2019 and 2023. Inside the nation, this quantity jumped by 21% year-on-year in 2023, in response to the Russian authorities. Within the first six months of 2024, the variety of Russian vacationers touring inside Russia elevated by 9.35%, in response to the TASS company, primarily based on the Ministry of Economic system statistics.
Dangers
Moscow is the preferred vacation spot, with 5.9 million journeys, adopted by the Krasnodar area within the southwest, identified for its Black Sea resorts (4.3 million journeys). Although there are dangers, tons of of 1000’s of Russian vacationers proceed to journey to the southwest of the nation, near Ukraine, regardless of the Ukrainian strikes.
The variety of vacationers visiting the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea decreased in 2023 following a number of assaults on the Kerch bridge, which hyperlinks it to Russia and is utilized by the vast majority of vacationers. Regardless of this, the authorities intention to be reassuring, with the governor of Crimea stating that the peninsula had welcomed greater than 3.2 million vacationers between January and July, a rise of 19% in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
Much less Handy however Extra Worthwhile
Touring to the southwest of Russia takes longer as a result of a number of regional airports, together with Anapa and Guelendjik, standard for his or her seashores, have been closed for over two years resulting from army operations. Consequently, many vacationers go for practice or street journeys of greater than 24 hours to achieve the seaside resorts.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov mentioned in March that the tourism trade, which has turn out to be very worthwhile, recorded a revenue of about 280 billion rubles (2.7 billion euros) in 2023, 2.3 occasions greater than in 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
