Foreign tours have fallen in price in Russia in connection with the opening of the Turkish – Interfax

Moscow. July 11th. INTERFAX.RU – Return of Turkey to the Russian market of organized tourism has forced tour operators to cut prices to other destinations – for example, discount tours to Tunisia reached 40%, <-! Noindex -> writes <-! / Noindex -> newspaper ” Kommersant “on Monday.

it is noted that in the Russian market after the Russian president’s decree of Vladimir Putin about vouchers sales resuming in the direction of Turkey has become a leader in demand.

The publication brings ATOR data showing that since last Tuesday’s fall in prices for all the popular resorts amounted to 10-11%. The association of such dynamics explained, including the emergence of a large number of special offers

Thus, according to “Onlayntur” agency, the average cost of travel to Tunisia the week decreased by 40%:. Now the price of seven-day tours to this country It starts from 30 thousand. rubles. In RuSPO.ru noted a sharp drop in prices for package deals in Russia: there were half the price of previous tours. However, according to “Kommersant”, the other parties to this market trend is not confirmed.

According to the press secretary of the Russian Tourist Industry Union Irina Turina, Cyprus demand fell last week by 30%, Tunisia lost 15% Greece – 5%. According to her, currently shopping tours decline has stopped. In the near future PCT forecast sales return to the level of last week.

The newspaper notes that the delay in the recovery of charter air links with Turkey immediately hit by a demand for organized trips to this country, Turkish rounds sales boom lasted only about a week.

with reference to the data “Onlayntura” the publication reports that the proportion of requests for permits in Turkey began to decline gradually: their number has fallen from 45% to 25% last week. In Tutu.ru also note the decline in popularity of Turkey: in the peak date of 4 July, it accounted for 36.19% of the requests, then at the end of last week – 18,19%

As reported on the eve of ATOR. , charter flights from Russia to Turkey will resume no earlier than the end of July.