Expectations of tour operators
General Director of the Alean national tour operator, Vice President of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia Ilya Umansky points out a significant increase in demand for autumn holidays in Crimea. And he connects this with the domestic tourism stimulation program, as well as the prolongation of the successful season to the autumn.
According to him, in September all types of accommodation are popular with tourists: first, luxury hotels were booked, then the middle segment, and now mini-hotels and guest houses are already being booked.
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"Crimea, we may say, has been lucky. Due to the fact that other directions are closed, we have a demand that prolongs the season, and we record a good tourist flow in the autumn. Some hotels are in a very high demand in the second half of September. In October, demand is also higher than last year, but insignificantly, — said Pylov in his comment to the correspondent of the Travel Portal. — The South Coast is occupied well, including October. The season there, I think, will continue until the end of October, and all this time they will have a completely normal and steady occupancy".
Online travel service analysis
This autumn the popularity of Crimean resorts has surpassed other top destinations in the South of Russia, Oksana Shustikova, director of development and communications of the Tvil.ru booking service emphasizes. Judging by the company's analytical data − by more than 80%.
Warm autumn in Crimea attracts mainly couples − 49%, as well as families − 17%, and singles − 14%. And 6% of women come to Crimea during the velvet season with children.
As for accommodation facilities, most of all, mini-hotels and guest houses are booked through the travel service this fall − 76%. Apartments are popular with 15% of Russians, cottages − with 6%, tourist bases − 1%, they summed up at the online travel service.
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As already reported, in two months of the resort season − from July 1 to September 1 − more than 3 million 539 thousand tourists spent their vacations in Crimea. More than 800 accommodation facilities continue to operate in the Republic, under the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Consumer Protection Authority). Airlines maintain a schedule of direct flights to Crimea from different regions of the Russian Federation until November.