Experts spoke about popular travel destinations among Russians

Thailand turned out to be the most popular destination for travelers to spend the winter, the OneTwoTrip travel planning service told Izvestia on March 8.

One third of long-term bookings are made at resorts in this country. Most often, tourists chose four-star hotels (they account for 31% of bookings), and the average cost of a night was 12 thousand rubles.

One fifth of Russian travelers spent the winter in Vietnam (21.9%). Four-star hotels were also in the highest demand there (35%), where a room cost about 9 thousand rubles per night.

Indonesia is on the third line. It accounted for 9.4% of all foreign aircraft bookings. Tourists mostly chose four-star hotels (39%), a night cost about 11 thousand rubles.

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In addition, China with a 2.5% share and the Philippines (2.3%) were among the most popular destinations. In China, Russians preferred five-star hotels (46%, the average cost per night was 15 thousand rubles), and in the Philippines — three-star hotels (31%, 8 thousand rubles per day).

The list also includes India (2.1%), Argentina (2.0%), the UAE (1.8%), Uzbekistan (1.6%) and Sri Lanka (1.3%). In India, Russian travelers spent the winter in five-star hotels (42%, a night cost about 17 thousand rubles), as well as in the UAE (41%, 35 thousand rubles). In Argentina, they stayed mainly in four-star hotels (36%, 20 thousand rubles), while in Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka they preferred non—star accommodation facilities - apartments and guest houses (45%, 10 thousand rubles and 9 thousand rubles per day, respectively).

Earlier, on February 14, the service's analysts YouTravel.me Izvestia was informed that there was a significant increase in interest among Russians in author tours abroad. According to experts, this trend may be related to a number of factors, including the depreciation of the dollar, which makes foreign tourism more accessible to consumers.