Crimea topped the rating of the most affordable regions in the South of Russia for summer holidays, the press service of the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism of Crimea reported.
According to a study of the Sanatorii-Rossii.rf booking portal, the price of vacations in the Crimean health resorts with full board and medicinal treatment is 3.4 thousand rubles ($ 47) per day.
Rostov Region (3,550 rubles ≈ $ 48), Krasnodar Territory (3560 rubles ≈ $ 49), Astrakhan Region (3650 rubles ≈ $ 50) and Volgograd Region (3700 rubles ≈ $ 51) are also in the top five in terms of the affordability of health resort summer vacations among the southern regions. On average, a spa vacation in southern Russia at the end of the summer will cost 3.6 thousand rubles ($ 49) per day.
In addition, affordable prices are offered for package tours of Crimea during the high holiday season. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), the minimum price of tours for a week for two with flight and accommodation, with a departure on August 15-21, decreased over the week from 27.5 thousand rubles ($ 377) to 26.7 thousand rubles ($ 366).
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And in August the Fortuna electronic system for the purchase of travel packages was introduced in Crimea. It is planned that thanks to the innovation, legal mini-hotels and guest houses will be able to increase the occupancy and extend the work up to 7-8 months. And due to this system tourists will be able to purchase tours with a discount of 10 to 90%.
"We pay great attention to pricing in the region and hold regular meetings with businesses, which are possible today in the online format. At the same time, the most important requirement is compliance of the health resorts, hotels and the tourism industry as a whole with the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor (the Consumer Protection Authority of Russia)", — the Minister of Resorts and Tourism of Crimea Vadim Volchenko said.
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As reported earlier, in the first month of the holiday season, from 1 to 31 July, 1 million 432 thousand tourists had spent their holidays in Crimea.
