The services talked about the growing demand for traveling with children

Family travel bookings for the May holidays and summer increased by a third compared to last year, the Association of Travel Aggregators (ATAG) and booking services told Izvestia.

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A 30% increase in family bookings compared to last year was reported in the Ostrov and Yandex Travel services. According to Tutu, such bookings have more than doubled for the May holidays and 2.6 times for the summer.

Ostrovok's family bookings for the May holidays accounted for 27% of all bookings, and for the summer — 37%.

According to the service "Fly.<url>", the level of demand for trips with children and arrivals for the May holidays this year is 43.8% higher than the same figures last year.

The majority of passengers with children will travel to Russian cities — 66% of all family bookings were made to domestic destinations, Aviasales calculated.

Sochi, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Mineralnye Vody became the most popular domestic destinations. On average, a trip is booked for five days, and in Sochi they will have a rest for a week.

34% of all family flights have been booked abroad, most often with small passengers they will fly to Turkey, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus and the UAE. Foreign holidays are planned for an average of a week, and in Turkey for as many as nine days.

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