Experts noted an increase in the interest of tourists from the Russian Federation in China and Japan in 2024

OneTwoTrip travel planning service has analyzed hotel bookings abroad and told Izvestia on December 23 about which countries have become much more popular with tourists in 2024. It turned out that Russians continue to actively discover Asia.

The greatest increase in interest showed China and Japan. This year, the countries were visited by three times more travelers than in 2023. The shares among all foreign bookings reached 4.1% and 2.5% respectively, and the average cost of a night in local hotels amounted to 7 thousand rubles and 11 thousand rubles.

According to the results of the study, followed by South Korea, the popularity of which has doubled, as a result, the country accounted for 2.1% of bookings. A room in Seoul, Busan and other cities popular with Russian travelers cost about Br9 thousand per night.

Double growth in demand in 2024 was also shown by Vietnam (the share - 1.8%, the cost of a room - Br3.7 thousand per night), Hungary (0.7%, Br9 thousand) and Morocco (0.5%, Br11 thousand). 43% more often Russian travelers visited Uzbekistan (2.0%, Br8 thousand), 33% - Georgia (3.7%, Br4.5 thousand), 29% - Philippines (0.9%, Br5.5 thousand) and 25% - Serbia (1.5%, Br8 thousand).

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Earlier in December, it was reported that the list of budget travel destinations for 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.