Experts of the TourStat travel portal have compiled a rating of the best Russian resorts for vacations in the off-season. The list was prepared based on the results of the online survey of more than 9 thousand of its visitors in September and October. Yalta, the resort capital of Crimea, entered the top of the rating.
"The TOP-10 resorts in Russia for holidays in the off-season included Sochi, Anapa and Gelendzhik in the Krasnodar Territory, Yalta in Crimea, Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk in the Stavropol Territory, Belokurikha in the Altai Territory, Svetlogorsk in the Kaliningrad region, Sheregesh in the Kemerovo region and Sestroretsk in the resort area of St. Petersburg," the TurStat spokesman noted.
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The resorts of Sochi and Yalta received 19% of the votes, Anapa − 14%, Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk − 13% each, Gelendzhik − 10%, Belokurikha − 7%, Svetlogorsk, Sheregesh and Sestroretsk − 4% each.
Experts reminded that this year Crimea has already received more than 8.3 million tourists. 6.8 million tourists visited Sochi.