The tourist flow from Russia to Egypt increased by 52.4% during 9 months of 2010 amounting to 1 909 000 people and it’s a record breaking indicator for the last several years. At the same time the average duration of stay of the Russians amounted to 9.2 nights. Egypt have been one of the most popular destinations among the Russians for many years. At the same time…
The tourist flow from Russia to Egypt increased by 52.4% during 9 months of 2010 amounting to 1 909 000 people and it’s a record breaking indicator for the last several years. At the same time the average duration of stay of the Russians amounted to 9.2 nights.
Egypt have been one of the most popular destinations among the Russians for many years. At the same time, it’s one of the few destinations which were not affected much by the crisis. “We can note good dynamics and profoundness of sales this year. The demand for the nearest dates exceeds the offer”, says Anna Podgornaya, General Director of Pegas Touristik. It used to be that just the budget tours were popular, but now Egypt offers luxury holidays as well. “Our tourists are fond of Egypt’s climate. The authorities of the country made a lot to promote Egypt. The holidays in the country used to be rather inexpensive, but now such tendency has lessened gradually. The fact is that the infrastructure has been developing constantly, so that means the price has been growing”, notes Anna Podgornaya.
However the cost increase happens not only due to the improvement of the infrastructure. “The price for the hotels increased by 15-20%, the air transportation has been rising in price as well. So there is no any redundancy of transportation, but there is a shortage of the rooms in the hotels, despite the increase of the price, there is not enough of them. One shouldn’t forget about the Europeans recovering from the crisis and taking an interest in Egypt again”, says Anton Abramov, Capital Tour.
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