Experts told about the growth of popularity of Russian cities among tourists

Over the year in Russia, tourists' interest in Blagoveshchensk has increased most noticeably: three times more travelers visited the city this fall. This follows from the data of the travel planning service OneTwoTrip, which were reviewed by Izvestia on December 4.

A hotel room in this city in the period from September to November cost guests about Br5 thousand per night.

In addition, twice as often Russians traveled to Kurgan, where the hotel cost an average of Br4,500, and Lipetsk, where you can rent a room for Br5 thousand.

According to the service, a serious increase in demand was observed for hotels in Naberezhnye Chelny (the share increased by 56%; the cost of a room - Br5 thousand per day), Novorossiysk (+55%; Br5 500), Barnaul (+55%; Br4 600), Penza (+51%; Br4 800), Ulyanovsk (+50%; Br5 700), Kirov (+50%; Br5 700) and Orenburg (+50%; Br4 300).

В список городов, которые этой осенью посетили гораздо больше россиян, вошли также Самара (+43% бронирований; ночь в отеле — 6 500 рублей), Пермь (+40%; 6 000 рублей), Смоленск (+36%; 4 400 рублей), Ставрополь (+35%; 5 000 рублей), Минеральные Воды (+33%; 5 тыс. Br), Pskov (+31%; Br5.300), Yaroslavl (+30%; Br6.300), Chelyabinsk (+30%; Br6.000), Krasnoyarsk (+29%; Br5.800) and Ryazan (+25%; Br5.000).

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