Experts reported about the growing popularity of the Murmansk region among tourists

This year the popularity of the Murmansk region has increased among tourists - by 2.7 times - and regions of the Far East: in 2024 the number of bookings of serviced apartments in Primorsky Krai increased by 3.5 times, in Amur region - by 3.4 times, in Khabarovsk Krai - by 3.2 times. This follows from the data of "Avito Travel", which was familiarized by "Izvestia" on December 18.

"The tourist potential of the regions of the North and the Far East is still largely undiscovered, but in recent years they have attracted an increasing number of independent travelers who have already explored traditional routes up and down. In those locations where there is not yet a developed hotel infrastructure, it is private apartments, apartments and houses that stimulate the growth of tourist traffic", - said the head of "Avito Travel" Artem Kromochkin.

According to experts, on average in Russia to rent an apartment for a day in 2024 cost 3.2 thousand rubles. Among the top 20 regions by popularity the most affordable such objects in Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk region (Br2.5 thousand each), Irkutsk region (Br2.6 thousand), Samara, Voronezh and Tyumen regions (Br2.7 thousand each). The most expensive destinations are Moscow (Br4.9 thousand), St. Petersburg (Br4.1 thousand), Nizhny Novgorod region and Krasnodar Krai (Br3.8 thousand per day).

At the same time, the average cost of daily rent of a country house in Russia amounted to Br8.6 thousand in 2024. The most affordable prices are recorded in the Crimea (Br5.4 thousand), Altai Republic (Br6 thousand), Dagestan (Br6.3 thousand), Chelyabinsk region (Br7 thousand) and Bashkortostan (Br7.1 thousand). The most expensive to rent a countryside facility for a day is in St. Petersburg (Br11.8 thousand) and Moscow region (Br11.3 thousand).

For tomorrow's tourists: where to go economically during the New Year holidays

There are few free seats left, but they are still available, aggregators note

Earlier, December 12, it was reported that the list of budget travel destinations for the New Year vacations included Astrakhan, Ryazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, cities of the Golden Ring (Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Kostroma), as well as Tula, Tver, Nizhny Novgorod and Vladikavkaz. This follows from the data of the National tour operator Alean. According to experts, short four-day tours for two people with a New Year's Eve night in these domestic destinations will cost up to Br30 thousand.