Cruise industry in Russia
increases
Written by Fju at 08/09 2010, 12:46 - 0 comments
Several positive trends have been noted in river cruises in Russian tourist industry. According to tourism experts, sales have increased by 30%, and the tourist flow has improved by 20-25% compared to 2009.
In the last two years the demand for river cruises in Russia has decreased. In 2009, the European demand sank an average of 9%, and so far has been slow to recover. The greatest blow of the crisis fell on the flow from the U.S., which decreased by about 50% last year.
As for the sea cruises, at the beginning of the summer the segment began to show steady growth in the number of bookings. Experts estimate that the flow of tourists has risen by about 70% compared to the same period last year, and sales start at 3 and end with a record 14 months.
According to the monitoring manager from Atlantis Line Natalia Andronova talking about the number of sea cruises the sales have already reached 12-14 months. "We have announced new routes for summer 2011, and tourists are already booking them," she explained. "Tourists' preferences remain the same as last year: the most popular routes are to the Mediterranean region with visits to Italy, France, Spain and Malta. These are being booked by approximately 70% of tourists," Ms. Andronova added.
