on Friday, July 24, it became known about renewal from August 1, flights to Turkey, which resorts most popular with Russians. In connection with the closing of borders because of the coronavirus part of the rest shifted to a beach vacation in the Crimea and the black sea coast of the Caucasus. Local entrepreneurs were hoping for a record influx of guests this season. Besides, even in early July, many experts predicted that rest on the Turkish resorts the Russians will be able not earlier than autumn.
this year due to the coronavirus restrictions resorts of the Crimea and the black sea coast of the Caucasus has opened its doors to tourists only since 1 July. Local entrepreneurs in conditions of closed borders was hoping with a vengeance to catch up for the remainder of the holiday season.
the Peak tourist activity in the Russian resorts traditionally occurs in August. However, since the beginning of the month, Russian tourists will have the opportunity to go to many coveted Turkey.
– Opening of Turkey are unlikely to significantly affect the number of tourists in Russian resort in August, – said Natalia Novikova, the representative of one of travel agencies. – People who dared to travel to the Crimea or Sochi in the last month of summer is abroad in the bulk have already booked and paid for stay. Most of them have not pre-purchased tours to Turkey or they were purchased for periods from may to July, when the departure to the country was impossible. If these tourists now pereorientirovanija abroad, you will lose the Deposit, which in most cases is quite substantial.
People traditionally holidaymakers abroad, booked at Russian resorts, comfortable hotels, the prices are in the middle of the season “bite”. Rather, they will spend a few weeks in the same Sochi or Yalta, and then the favorable development of the situation in the autumn of wag abroad. The same Russians who were waiting for the resumption of flights to the bitter end, in any case, wouldn’t this year customers of the Russian resorts.
But the situation with the Sep is quite different. Because of the opening of Turkey, the Crimea and the Caucasus to lose potential tourists in the “velvet” season, which could come if the foreign beaches remained shut. Pre-book a place for September in the Russian South, the tourists were in no hurry, because at the end of the season find availability is not a problem, as in expensive hotels, and the average and economy class. When open Turkey, many tourists forget about the Russian South, besides, after listening to conversations about the local service and price. Just this evening received from our firm calls about Turkey, more than half of the concerned applications for September. Yes and tourists who have booked this month for vacation in advance and not going OTK��to Sivitsa from the trip, despite all the talk about the second wave of coronavirus, is also missing.
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