Earlier than the Russian-Ukrainian battle, many Russians averted touring inside Russia, opting to spend their holidays overseas. Nonetheless, home journey has grow to be the norm, and Russians benefit from 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 international locations tightened visa necessities for Russian residents. As well as, the costs of aircraft tickets to 3rd international locations, particularly Turkey, have exploded. Lastly, Russians can not entry fee playing cards that can be utilized overseas or on-line on non-Russian websites.
In response to market analysis agency Statista, Russian journeys overseas to all locations fell by 44% between 2019 and 2023. Throughout the nation, this quantity jumped by 21% year-on-year in 2023, in line with the Russian authorities. Within the first six months of 2024, the variety of Russian vacationers touring inside Russia elevated by 9.35%, in line with the TASS company, primarily based on the Ministry of Financial 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). Despite the fact that there are dangers, lots 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 nearly all of vacationers. Regardless of this, the authorities goal 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, widespread for his or her seashores, have been closed for over two years attributable to navy operations. Consequently, many vacationers go for prepare or street journeys of greater than 24 hours to succeed in the seaside resorts.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated in March that the tourism trade, which has grow to be very worthwhile, recorded a revenue of about 280 billion rubles (2.7 billion euros) in 2023, 2.3 instances greater than in 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
