A man is typing on a laptop. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 19 — RIA Novosti. The fifth stage of the tourist cashback kicked off in Russia at midnight on January 18, and already in the first minutes of its work, the Russians began to book tours, RIA Novosti reported representatives of the industry.
"The first booking was made at 00.05, literally in the first minutes of the action", — said the press service of "TUI Russia".
The company clarified that the first round of the promotion was purchased on the date from March 5 to March 8 in Sochi for a family of two adults and a child. In Intourist, the first round with cashback was booked at 00.25 Moscow time for 11 nights for the purpose of treatment at the Essentukov sanatorium «Applications for tours with cashback come from the very morning. The promotion started actively,» the tour operator noted. percent. At the same time, almost half of all sales of tours to Russian resorts today are tours with cashback,» the Level.Travel tour booking service clarified. .jpg» />Experts told how prices for tours abroad have changed during the pandemic Emphasis on chartersTUI Russia noticed an emphasis in demand for package tours with charter flights. In the top 5 destinations, the only tours with regular flights were trips to Sochi, and the other four were charter flights to Sheregesh, Murmansk, Baikal and Sakhalin. «This is due to the fact that buying a package tour with flights included is much more convenient for tourists. Depth of sales corresponds to the terms of the tour operator's charter flight program. Bookings are made for January, February, March and April. The promotion helps to popularize holidays in Russia, «TUI Russia explained. Intourist named two directions that became clear on the first day the leaders in bookings are the Sochi ski cluster and tours to the sanatoriums of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. «Both hotels and sanatorium programs with treatment with a stay of 10 nights or more are booked. Also among the popular destinations for which tours have already been booked on the first day of the promotion, of course , Crimea, Anapa and Kaliningrad,» the company specified.The expert told how to properly prepare for a trip with childrenTour operators note that the promotion has just started and the picture of demand leaders may change the rating will interfere with sightseeing tours to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities,» TUI Russia specified. The next, fifth stage of the tourist cashback started in Russia on January 18. Tourists can buy package tours or accommodation until April 12, go on a trip until April 30, and a river cruise from the moment navigation begins until June 1. The conditions of the program have not changed so far: the duration of the tour or hotel stay must be at least two nights, the refund amount is 20 percent of the tour cost, but not more than 20 thousand rubles. Cashback is credited only for trips paid for with the Mir card. It is planned to allocate five billion rubles for the program every year from 2022.TestGuess where the Russian «twins» of the famous sights of the worldStartYesterday, 08:00Tourism