Russians washed turpotokom

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The first official data on the departure of Russians abroad during the high winter season, confirmed the worst fears of travel. In December and January recorded decrease in the number of Russian tourists, such as Spain and Turkey. Overall in 2009, visiting turpotok be reduced by 22% to 6.5 million people, anticipates holding Intourist.

"Kommersant" has requested statistics on the departure of Russians from national tourism offices. Processed data for December has had only six countries (see table). With the fall turpotoka in December over the same period in 2007, Turkey has faced (in the winter of operators offer excursions around the country, as well as tours to local ski resorts Palandoken, Sarykamysh and others), Spain (through it to reach the ski Andorra) and Switzerland. The first two countries have also turpotoku data for January. The number of visas issued to Russians the Spanish consulate in the first month of this year fell by 33% to 6.8 thousand. Turpotok in Turkey fell by the same 33% to 31,8 thousand people.

Excursion Czech Republic and Finland in December, registered a growth of Russian tourists, while the flow to those countries from Western Europe have shown falling. Thus, the Czech Republic was visited by 5% more than the Russians, to 29.5 thousand people, and 2% less than the Germans, to 340 thousand people, and 27% less than the Brits, to 96.5 thousand people. In Finland, the increase of tourists from Russia in December was 10%, to 121 thousand people, a drop from Germany - 1%, to 27 thousand people from the UK - at 12% to 134 thousand people. It is appropriate to talk about the growth of Russian turpotoka, but it's worth saving at the same level, says Vice-President of tour operator "Lanta-Tour Voyage Tatyana Korshunova. In December and January because of school holidays has always been a surge of sales will be more revealing statistics for February-March, she explains.

Austria, as the most popular mountain-skiing area, in December showed an increase both in number of arrivals of Russians (13% to 22 thousand people), and by the number of their nights in the country (23% to 81 thousand people). Approximately the same increase should demonstrate on the basis of the entire winter season, not just Austria, but France and Italy, tour director, believes PAC Group Ilya Itkin. "Because of the crisis, the tourists began to choose more efficient programs, hotels and apartments less comfort, but refused to travel to the Alps," - he says. In Switzerland, with a reduction in December to 3% of Russian tourists, to 10.7 thousand people, increased the total number of their nights in the country - at 2% to 36,4 thousand people.

Official statistics for the largest winter destinations - Egypt, Thailand and the UAE - not yet. At year end, sales in these countries compared to the same period last year declined by about 15%, said chief marketing network hot tours Sergey Kazakov. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, the reduction in demand for most popular tracks at the end of the year could add up to 30%. Because of the November political unrest in Bangkok, paralyzed for a few days of the capital's airport, the flow from Russia to Thailand in December, fell by 50% to about 15 thousand people, told "Kommersant" host travel agency director, "Ilves Tour Mikhail Ilyin .

The actual size of the market of exit tourism in 2008 increased by 17% to 8.4 million people, reported holding "Intourist" in its last quarterly report. Prognoz "Intourist" in 2009 - turpotoka decline by 22%, to 6.5 million people. The calculation is made taking into account the changed macro-economic indicators, said the representative of the holding Yulia Krylova. "The flow will certainly be less than in 2008, but how exactly it will be possible to say only on the basis of the summer season," - said Ilya Itkin.