In countries such as Türkiye, Thailand and Egypt, a large number of Russian tourists vacation at resorts. Moreover, a significant percentage of vacationers are noisy groups, the proximity of which not everyone likes, even their compatriots. Therefore, lovers of tranquility and quiet neighbors in a hotel are recommended to relax at resorts where there are few Russian tourists.

Which resorts have few Russian tourists?

Since a significant part of our compatriots prefer to relax on popular and inexpensive resorts, then the least number of Russians can be found in Central and Southern Africa, America, Australia, the islands Indian Ocean(Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar), as well as in Portugal, Great Britain, India and Morocco.

In those countries where Russian tour operators organize cheap charter flights, many Russian tourists vacation. Therefore, the popularity of the resort can be assessed by the availability of charter flights during holiday season and the range of tours offered by travel agencies.

European cities

Even in the now popular Europe, it is quite possible to find countries and cities where Russians rarely come. The Portuguese city of Porto, located on the coast, is not yet very popular Atlantic Ocean. The list of Portuguese cities rarely visited by Russians also includes Madeira, Fara and Lisbon. This also includes the Spanish resort of Seville, as well as the Polish town of Gdansk.

On east coast The city of Ancona is located in Italy. Besides sandy beaches in the vicinity of this city there are many architectural attractions, including the ruins of ancient buildings. Russians rarely vacation in this city due to the lack of charter flights. However, you can go to Ancona without using the services of tour operators.

There are also cities in Spain that are rarely visited by Russian tourists. For example, in the central part of Andalusia you can relax, enjoying the absence of noisy compatriots. However, there are quite a lot of European tourists in Andalusia.

The Canary island of Fuerteventura, unlike Tenerife, is still deprived of the attention of Russians. Although there are many hotels in Tenerife where our compatriots are practically never found. These are mainly two-star and three-star hotels located away from the beaches.

The approaching summer holiday season poses challenges for Russians eternal questions: where to relax and how not to go broke. This year, the two most popular destinations of previous years - Turkey and Egypt - are practically closed to tourists from Russia. They will be replaced by other resorts. Lenta.ru talked to tourism market experts and found out where our compatriots will vacation and how much it will cost them.

Heading south

There remains less and less hope for the restoration of air traffic with Egypt in the near future. Just the other day it became known that Russian experts were once again violating the work of Egyptian airports.

Local authorities claim that they control security in the country, but even if this is so, additional checks, approvals and the opening of air traffic will take a lot of time. Tour operators will not have time to quickly launch charters and create tour packages for travelers, so it’s time to admit: we will spend the summer without Egypt. However, the most courageous can get there on their own - with transfers in third countries. However, such efforts are unlikely to be justified, because for the money spent on organizing such a trip you can have a good rest in other countries.

Vacations in Turkey are still reserved for independent tourists. But even despite the discounts offered by hoteliers and the relative cheapness of air travel, it will still cost more than a comparable tour to Greece, for example. At the same time, holidaying in Turkey is now also unsafe.

“Among foreign destinations this summer, the most popular among independent tourists are charter flights to Bulgaria (Burgas) and Montenegro (Tivat), with Paris closing the top three for the 2016 summer season,” says Vladislav Shevtsov, general director of the online travel hypermarket DaTravel.com.

According to the company, holidays in the former Soviet republics are also becoming increasingly popular: tours to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia occupy a significant share. From European cities the most popular are Thessaloniki, Nice and Rome.

Most Russians will prefer to vacation at home this summer. This is facilitated, among other things, by the growth of offers in the segment of inexpensive domestic flights. Thus, the share of air tickets costing up to 5 thousand rubles in the first three months of this year increased to 65 percent. However, this only applies to flights within Russia; the number of inexpensive international flights, on the contrary, is .

Vladislav Shevtsov says that over the past year the top Russian destinations have not changed: as in 2015, Russians buy the most air tickets to Moscow, Simferopol and St. Petersburg.

Shevtsov’s observations are confirmed by the head of the Rambler/Travel travel service, Alena Koryakina, who believes that Russian resorts in the summer they will not be deprived of the attention of vacationers. “Tourists will go to domestic resorts - to Sochi, Anapa, Crimea, as well as to the rivers and lakes of Russia. From European countries Price-loyal Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece and Cyprus will be popular,” the expert believes.

Another country where the Russians will go this season will be Spain. Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Costa Brava and Costa Dorada will be especially popular among travelers, says Alena Koryakina.

Ekaterina Kameneva, head of the European department of the tour operator BSI Group, agrees with Koryakina: “The largest increase in demand for the upcoming summer season showed Spain and Italy. The demand for tours to Spain among Russian tourists has increased by 25 percent compared to last year, and to Italy by 20 percent.”

Greece became another leader in the ranking of Russians’ preferences. Despite the visa issues that tourists faced in early May, travelers are still willing to book tours to Greece. Today, this country has become the only alternative to an all-inclusive holiday in Egypt or Turkey. Weekly tours here can be found for 15 thousand rubles per person, “last minute” tours - even for 6-7 thousand.

PR Director of the Tez Tour company Larisa Akhanova says that Greece ranks second in the list of the most popular countries for summer holidays, second only to Russia. Bookings on this route are up 40 percent compared to last year.

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Another type of travel that Russians are passionate about is train travel. The romance of a reserved seat: boiled chicken, cards with fellow travelers and beer with smoked fish, bought at short stops in the cities of southern Russia.

Natalya Anisimova, head of the public relations department of the travel service Tutu.ru, notes that it is too early to talk about the summer as a whole, since train tickets can be bought a maximum of 60 days in advance, but data on bookings for June is already available. Thus, the most popular route in the first summer month was travel between Moscow and St. Petersburg, immediately followed by travel to Anapa. Russians also enjoy traveling to Kazan, Novorossiysk and Adler. At the same time, prices for trips from Moscow to Anapa even decreased slightly (by 3.4 percent) compared to June 2015, but tickets to Adler, on the contrary, increased in price by almost 30 percent.

Price issue

Tours to Bulgaria will cost travelers the cheapest today, says Alena Koryakina - from 22.8 thousand rubles per person for a week of vacation. A similar tour to Greece costs about the same - 23.3 thousand rubles, to Montenegro - 5 thousand more.

By the way, on Friday, May 13, it became known that Bulgaria’s visa processing time for Russians is up to two days, and Montenegro’s visa-free stay in the country for our tourists is from 30 to 90 days.

According to DaTravel.com specialists, this summer Russians are not going to reduce the duration of their trips and, on average, plan to vacation for 14-15 days. “Russian tourists are spending an average of 22.8 thousand rubles on a round-trip flight this coming summer, which is 25 percent more than the average bill for a flight last summer, when the average cost of an air ticket was 18.2 thousand rubles,” says the company’s general director. Vladislav Shevtsov.

The Tez Tour representative agrees with Shevtsov: “This summer, tourists are not refusing to travel, but in conditions of limited travel abroad they prefer to make the most of their vacation. They save for vacation, borrow money, take out loans, but go on vacation,” says Larisa Akhanova.

According to the expert, if last season Russians vacationed on average seven days, this summer - already ten. In addition, tourists began to book high-category hotels more often - demand for four- and five-star hotels increased by 20 percent.

At the same time, the average summer vacation bill, according to Akhanova, is still small: about 30 thousand rubles per person.

According to tour operator BSI group, the most budget-friendly among domestic destinations- travel along the Golden Ring: the cost of tours starts from 9.9 thousand rubles. You can go to Crimea for 13.8 thousand (including flights and accommodation), to Karelia - for 17.6 thousand.

Flights for independent tourists have increased in price by 10-50 percent compared to the summer of 2015. Analysts of the OneTwoTrip service calculated that on average a round trip flight from Moscow to Tivat increased in price from 14 to 18.7 thousand rubles (by 34 percent), to Rome - from 10.8 to 16.3 thousand (by 50 percent), in Barcelona - from 15.1 to 18 thousand (by 20 percent), to Larnaca - from 11.9 to 15.6 thousand (by 30 percent). This year Pobeda began flying to Cyprus, which on some dates sells tickets to Larnaca or Paphos for 6-7 thousand round-trip.

According to the company's development director Arkady Gines, the only international destination that has lost a little in price this year (four percent) is Thessaloniki: you can fly there from Moscow for 14.2 thousand rubles. But flights to Anapa and Sochi have fallen slightly in price - by 2 and 20 percent, respectively.

Crimea, on the contrary, increased in price - by 38 percent. On average, tickets to the peninsula will cost 10.1 thousand rubles. For this money, with due diligence, you can fly, for example, to the Black Sea in Georgia or to the Mediterranean in Spain. Or add another three thousand and go to Crimea as part of a tourist group - accommodation will be almost free.

Russians are more actively exploring foreign resorts. According to official statistics from Rostourism, over 9 months of 2011, 11 million 370,000 Russians went abroad on vacation. This is 11% more than in the same period in 2010. Rostourism has not yet calculated data on departures for the entire year 2011.

But such information has already been prepared by the countries where the Russians traveled. Most popular tourist destination the Russians still have Türkiye and it is unlikely that any state will be able to compete with it in the near future.

According to official statistics from the Turkish Ministry of Tourism, 2 million 714 960 Russians visited the country in 2011. For comparison, in 2010, 2.4 million Russians visited Turkey for tourism purposes. Interestingly, for the first time in history, Russians in Turkey have overtaken the Germans in terms of the number of vacationers. The gap, however, is small - only 400 people, but the Turks assure that this trend satisfies them. In the end, Russians, even taking into account their beloved all inclusive Germans spend significantly more on vacation.

In second place in popularity among Russians, Spain, which was visited by 918,573 guests from Russia in 2011. According to the Spanish Institute of Tourism Research, tourist flows from Russia increased by 41.8% compared to 2010.

Catalonia remains the most popular region among Russians - it received almost 60% of the total tourist flow (495,000 people). More than 100,000 Russians (12%) accepted Canary Islands who are followed Balearic Islands(85,300 tourists) and Andalusia (60,200).

Closes the top three France. And although official annual statistics have not yet been calculated there, the French tourist office EUROMAG assured that the number of Russians in 2011, according to preliminary data, increased by 20%. Considering that in 2010 680,000 guests from Russia visited France, therefore, last year the tourist flow exceeded 800,000 people.

This is significantly more than, for example, in Italy, where official visit statistics have been calculated for only 9 months - during this time 465,268 Russians arrived. Compared to the same period in 2010, the growth was 29%. At the end of the whole year, based on trends, Italy is allowed to gain a foothold in fourth position.

But some Italian regions showed record numbers for the growth of Russians. For example, 43% more Russians visited Florence in 2011 than in 2010. And the growth of Russian tourist flow to Venice amounted to 45%.

Italy can share fourth place with Czech Republic, which was visited by 569,961 Russians throughout the year. Last year, the flow of tourists from the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic increased significantly: if in 2010 413,756 Russians visited this country, then at the end of 2011 their number increased by 156,000. The growth was almost 38%.

Following the Czechs is Austria, for which last year was a record year for Russian guests. As the magazine was told EUROMAG According to the Austrian tourism office, 400,396 Russians visited the Alpine republic last year, which is 31% more than the year before. And the number of overnight stays increased by 25.6%, exceeding 1.5 million.

The Austrians especially note that Russians began to visit Austria much more often than before in the summer. For example, the number of overnight stays in Vienna during the summer months increased by 30.4%, but Tyrol showed the greatest increase - this federal state over the entire year, 31.1% more Russians visited.

Currently, Russia ranks 11th among other countries in the statistics for the number of overnight stays in Austria.

IN Greece Russians began to travel more by almost 37%. The record-breaking country for the speed of issuing Schengen visas to Russians (2-3 days) received 380,729 Russian tourists last year (sixth place).

An eternal competitor is coming on the heels of Greece - Cyprus. Over the year, more than 330,000 Russian citizens visited the island, which is almost 100,000 more than in 2010.

Currently, the Russian market for Cyprus is the second largest after Great Britain and, as the Cypriots say, in recent years it has “grown by leaps and bounds.” For comparison, in 2005, fewer than 100,000 Russians visited Cyprus. The Cyprus Tourism Organization predicts that already in 2012 the number of Russian guests will exceed 400,000 people.

Russians hold second place in the number of tourists in Estonia- the Finns occupy the first place there by a huge margin. According to the Estonia Department of Statistics, 203,204 tourists from Russia visited the country last year. But at the same time, if the increase in tourist flow from Finland was only 1% (841,000 Finns visited Estonia), then the increase in Russians was 43%, and compared to 2009 - 116%.

There are 11% more Russians in Croatia- the Balkan state was visited by about 190,000 people, who spent more than 1.6 million overnight stays (+8%).

And closes the top ten Switzerland, which last year received 179,168 tourists from Russia, is 14% more than in 2010. And the number of overnight stays increased by 10% - to 513,700, they reported EUROMAG at the Swiss tourism office. For comparison, the growth of tourist flows from Russia to Switzerland in 2010 was only 3%, and in the crisis year of 2009 there was a decline of 0.5%.

However, it can squeeze out Switzerland Great Britain, which received 158,000 Russians in three quarters. Preliminary data for 2011 will be published in April, the magazine was promised EUROMAG at the Russian office of Visit Britain. In 2010, the United Kingdom admitted 170,000 Russians in 12 months.

Following behind the United Kingdom is Norway, which grew by 8%. According to the SSB (Statistical Central Bureau), almost 90,000 Russians visited the Scandinavian country, making 186,832 overnight stays. However, the increase in tourist flow from Russia to Norway in 2011 was significantly less than in 2010, when it increased by 18% compared to 2009.

Growth of tourist flow in Belgium amounted to 33.1% - more than 84,000 Russians visited it during the year.

I also added Slovakia: the increase in tourist flow there was almost 30%. The number of Russian tourists increased from 21,425 to 27,776 people, who made 105,242 overnight stays in the country (this is 33% more than in 2010). The average number of days that Russians began to spend in Slovakia also increased slightly - from 3.7 to 3.8.

The leader in the growth of tourist flows from Russia was Albania. As Albanian Ambassador to Russia Sokol Gioka said at a press conference in Moscow, the flow of tourists from Russia to his country in 2011 increased by 70% - to 8,000 people.

Germany According to the German tourist office, almost 20% more Russians visited in 2011 than a year ago. They could not give absolute figures, but they assured that Russia was among the top ten in terms of the number of tourists, after Holland, Switzerland, the USA, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium and Denmark. And in terms of growth dynamics, Russia ranks sixth, following Brazil (23%), India (22%), China (21%), Poland (22%) and Hungary (21%).

Hungary in terms of the number of nights spent by Russians, it increased by 21% - 432,715. Interestingly, the Russians set an absolute record in the last month of the year: the number of nights spent by tourists from Russia in December amounted to 26,510, which is 52.7% more. The most visited region of Hungary was Budapest, where Russians spent 255,612 (+13.5%) overnight stays.

The Russians set records in Ireland- in 9 months of 2011, 1215 Russians visited the emerald island for tourism purposes, which is 40% more than in the whole of 2010. Apparently simplification had an effect visa regime(since July, Ireland has been allowing Russians in on a British visa).

But at the same time, it is interesting that many more Irish people visited Russia - in the first nine months of last year, 5,591 Irish tourists visited the Russian Federation (an increase of 21%).

Don't know where to spend your holiday? Has your passport expired? Don't have enough money for a foreign tour? Bored of exotic camps? If you gave a positive answer to at least one of the above questions, it’s time to think about a holiday in Russia. Uniqueness geographical location countries makes it possible to choose a trip to suit everyone’s tastes. In Russia you can find a healthy alternative to any foreign resorts. Instead of Czech Karlovy Vary, you can improve your health in sanatoriums Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk and Zheleznovodsk. The St. Petersburg Hermitage is in no way inferior in its exhibition to the best museums in Europe, and the famous French Versailles pales somewhat in front of the ceremonial beauty of Peterhof. Dombay, Khibiny, Altai, Ural, for ski lovers there are slopes of any complexity, and the beauty of the mountain landscapes is no worse than in the Swiss Alps. To all those whose soul is longing for the sea, there is a direct road to the Russian subtropics, to the resorts Krasnodar region.

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How much does a holiday in Adler cost? September 2018.

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We vacationed in Adler in September 2018. Tickets were taken from Krasnoyarsk six months earlier. The cost of tickets from Krasnoyarsk to Adler by plane cost us 46,000 rubles for two people there and back. We found a suitable hotel at the holiday distribution point, not far from the sea. It's called "Angelina", on Prosveshcheniya Street. The hotel is cool with a huge veranda on the 2nd floor, on the first floor there is a dining room. The room for living is cozy, there is air conditioning, TV, Euro-chair, spacious double bed. Kitchen with everything you need for four rooms. The cost of a night's stay was 1600. We rested for 10 days.

We went to the Olympic sites: Gorki-Gorod, Rosa Khutor, the price of the excursion was 2500 rubles per person. In the evening we visited the singing fountain in olympic park. The cost is 500 rubles per each +500 taxi. Total for two 1500 rubles. We went on a boat ride to see the dolphins for 3,000 rubles.

Food and products

In the canteen, an average lunch costs 250-300 rubles. Beer is expensive 100 rubles a liter. The wine and chacha in the stalls are tasty and inexpensive. A bottle of chacha costs 200 rubles and so does wine. For some reason, vegetables are expensive in the south, at least in Adler. Tomatoes 80 rubles. Apples 100 rubles, grapes 90 rubles.

Souvenirs and other goods

Prices for clothes are approximately the same as in Moscow. Magnets are cheap from 10 to 30 rubles. We called all our relatives and friends. Souvenirs too - we bought a cat as a gift for our friends with the inscription “I want to go to the sea”, its price was 250 rubles.

Cost of services and entertainment

We used fish skin cleaning services, I forgot what it’s called. On the beach itself, I paid 300 rubles for 10 minutes.

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Impressions from a holiday in July

A good time to relax - the sea is warm, the air temperature is stable, there is little precipitation, the nights are warm.

Vacation with children

The Sea of Azov is shallow and warm - ideal for children. Vacationers are family-oriented, calm, adequate. The beaches are sandy, with shells and pebbles. Excellent parks in the city, where you can find a huge number of attractions and entertainment. All cafes and canteens are designed for family holiday with children, delicious children's menu, low prices.

What to take with you on vacation?

Be sure to take swimwear, you don’t want to leave the sea - it’s warm, quite clean! Sunscreen is a must, July is the sunniest and hottest month for Yeysk. Plus, for Kamenka beach you should take special shoes for a more comfortable and convenient entry into the sea.

Where is the best place to stay?

Private sector, there are a lot of housing offers, choose closer to the beach. There are guest houses and hotels in the first line from the beach - an excellent option for the youngest children, with a minimum of movement.

What to do at the resort?

Poddubny Park - very nice park. Park named after Gorky. Dolphinarium. Oceanarium. Crocodile farm. Near the embankment there is a fairly large Rope Park - for children of different ages.

It is definitely worth visiting the Dolzhanskaya Spit, namely the Cossack Coast. The cleanliness of the beach will pleasantly surprise you, a comfortable recreation area with bungalows and attractions. The sea is clean, the beach is small and large shell rock. Don't forget comfortable shoes when going into the sea; there are people who cannot walk on the hard shell rock. On the way to the Cossack Coast there is a melon patch with excellent watermelons and melons. And also an apiary where bees produce honey before your eyes, and they can pour it into a jar in front of you.

Beaches of different character. There is rocky, large stones, sand. There is sand with shell rock. Also available with fine sand, for children perfect option. The beaches are quite clean, there are attractions, changing cabins, and toilets. There is also a water park, stalls with souvenirs and swimwear. On the embankment there is a huge amusement park with a Ferris wheel. The only negative is that it is very crowded in July.

What can you buy?

There is tourist shopping; buying souvenirs is quite inexpensive. Price from 25 rubles! The most interesting option is local cosmetics, cosmetic accessories, various creams, balms, healing mud, clay. Prices are reasonable, goods are of good quality.

According to public surveys and information from leading tour operators in Russia, seventy percent of Russian tourists plan to spend their next vacation in Russia in 2017. Of these, fifty-five percent are going to go to Russian resorts on the Black or Azov Seas. The remaining tourists are planning a vacation in the city of St. Petersburg - nine percent, or in Moscow - six percent, three percent of respondents said about buying tours to the resorts of the Caucasus, Altai, Lake Baikal and Karelia, two percent of Russians go on vacation to Kazan, two more are going on a tour of the “Golden Ring of Russia”, one percent of tourists are going to Kamchatka.

Russian tourism officials have expressed their concern about the noticeable decrease in domestic tourist flows in 2017 compared to 2016. And they have something to worry about: many Russians waited for the opening of Turkey and happily returned to their favorite Turkish resorts. Already at the end of January 2017, the number of Russians who vacationed in Turkey exceeded the same indicators in 2016 by eighty-five percent. What can we say about the demand for summer rest at Turkish resorts? The promotion already launched by tour operators “ early booking"to Turkey was greeted with predictable excitement among Russians.

Russian tourists are no less anxiously awaiting the opening of flights with Egypt in order to visit long-tested and beloved Egyptian resorts. According to the information announced by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko, air traffic with Egypt will open immediately after Egypt completes its airport security plan, which has now been ninety percent completed. She personally conducted an inspection during a visit to Cairo, reporting that the Egyptian side had only four positions left to complete. There is also bad news: exhausted by the lack of tourists, as well as due to a sharp drop in the exchange rate of the local currency, the Egyptian pound, by half, I decided to increase the price of a single entry visa from twenty-five to sixty dollars from July 1, 2017, and a multiple entry visa to seventy dollars. In addition, the Egyptian authorities announced an increase in prices for entry tickets to the most famous sights of Egypt. So, from October 2017, a visit to the “Valley of the Pharaohs” or “Luxor Temple” will cost tourists sixty percent more. Tourism experts say that in this case, after the opening of Egypt, the number of tourists buying day trips to Cairo or Luxor will decrease significantly. Although, if you have dreamed all your life of seeing the main Egyptian antiquities, will the fact that the entrance to the “Great Pyramids of Giza” or the “Egyptian Museum” cost seven and a half dollars instead of five will stop you? In addition, experts expressed pessimism about the advisability of increasing the price of an Egyptian visa, saying that this would negatively affect the flow of tourists, because Egypt should not forget that it has powerful competitors who are very popular among Russians. For example, Turkey, which, on the contrary, reduces all visa barriers as much as possible, and Turkish hoteliers reduce prices for accommodation for Russian tourists. In addition, the United Arab Emirates also provided a free electronic visa to Russians.

There is one more destination that has regained popularity among Russian tourists in 2016 -. This country with affordable prices for holidays, where you do not need a visa, was in great demand in 2016 among Russians who appreciated it magnificent beaches, oriental hospitality, the beauty of architecture and a variety of interesting excursions, possible in Tunisia. The Tunisian tourism authorities are not going to curtail the advertising campaign of their resorts in Russia. And, most likely, most of the Russians who vacationed in Tunisia will return there in 2017.

What measures are our authorities going to take to increase domestic tourism? The head of the Federal Tourism Agency suggested hoteliers of the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea to reduce prices for accommodation due to high competition with foreign destinations beach holiday, otherwise most of their clients will not return to them in 2017. He said that it is necessary to retain at any cost, and ideally, to reduce prices and improve the quality of services and products.

For Russian tourists, the determining factor in choosing a holiday destination is traditionally the price, which was mentioned by sixty-three percent of surveyed tourists, fifty-eight percent noted the “climate”, level of service and good infrastructure.

As for proposals to improve tourism in the regions, a proposal was made in the Moscow Regional Duma to create a new internal tourist route"Big Golden ring Russia", with the additional inclusion of the ancient cities near Moscow - Serpukhov, Kolomna and Zaraysk, which the main route of the traditional "Golden Ring" bypasses. It was said that this new route will be interesting both for ourselves Russian tourists, as well as foreign tourists.