10 popular destinations for Russian domestic tourism in 2024 have been named

The majority of Russians in 2024 preferred to travel within Russia. Analysts of Aviaceils. named on Wednesday, December 18, the 10 most popular destinations this year.

According to the study, 73% of flights came to domestic destinations.

"At the same time, flying outside Russia became more frequent compared to last year, for comparison: in 2023, domestic flights accounted for 77% of bookings. As last year, the most popular destinations were Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi," the company told Lenta.Ru.

According to analysts, these cities accounted for 48% of bookings. Next are Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Ufa and Samara. The fastest growing destinations were Arkhangelsk, Yakutsk and Kemerovo.

"The fastest growing foreign destination this year was Japan, where the process of obtaining a tourist visa was simplified for Russians," - noted in "Aviaceils".

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Earlier in the day, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said that the dressed-up New Year's Eve Moscow is actively attracting tourists, and the capital's hotels are quickly filling up, writes "Moscow 24".

According to him, the whole city is covered by the project "Winter in Moscow", which offers hundreds of events and opportunities to diversify leisure for every taste, reports the website kp.ru.

Sobyanin noted that more than half of the rooms in Moscow hotels are booked by tourists for the dates from December 31, 2024 to January 5, 2025, reports the agency of city news "Moscow". He specified that in early December, 65% of rooms in Moscow hotels were booked until January 5, reports aif.ru.

At the same time, every fifth guest who booked accommodation during the holidays will come from abroad. Tourists from Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE are especially active in booking, RT reports. Among Russian tourists planning to stay in the capital's hotels for the New Year holidays are residents of Kazan, Perm, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and other cities, NSN reports.

According to Rosstat data, the Moscow region ranked third in terms of the volume of tourists with domestic tourist flow. The first place was taken by the Krasnodar region, and the second - Moscow, reports 360.ru.