St. Petersburg has entered the top five most popular destinations for domestic tourism in Russia, ahead of Moscow. Tourists can use the St. Petersburg route in 2 days: what to see.
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According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, in the summer season 2024, resorts of the Krasnodar Territory are in the top five of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Crimea is in second place, and Caucasian Mineral Waters are in third place. The fourth place belongs to St. Petersburg, and the fifth place belongs to Moscow and Moscow region.
Next on the list are Dagestan, the Kaliningrad Region, Kazan, the Altai Republic, and the Altai Territory. River cruises in their native country are especially popular among Russians.
In addition, St. Petersburg is included in the TOP 3 cities of the Russian Federation for summer trips with children. Also, the Northern capital has become the most popular in Russia is a city on May holidays. According to analysts of the Yandex service. Travel”, Moscow, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad are also among the five most popular tourist destinations for trips during the May holidays.
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The authorities of St. Petersburg remind that in 2023 tourism in the city almost returned to the pre-winter level: in 2019, 10.4 million guests visited the City on the Neva River, and in 2023 – 9.4 million tourists.
The largest tourist flow from far abroad is traditionally demonstrated by China (53%), from the near — Byelorussia (73.6%). The share of tourists from Moscow and the Moscow region in St. Petersburg (28.6%) is gradually decreasing due to the growth of trips from other regions of the Russian Federation.
It is noteworthy that St. Petersburg is the leader in the country in terms of the number of bookings among business travelers. This follows from a joint study conducted by MTS, the platform Bronevik.com (included in MTS Travel) and the RealtyCalendar service.
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Over the past year, the number of apartments available for tourist rental in Russia has increased by 48%, and 10% of all bookings are in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. In addition to the Northern Capital, the top cities where tourist apartments are most in demand include Moscow (19%), Kazan (4%), Krasnodar (4%), Novosibirsk (3.5%) and Yekaterinburg (3%).
The average cost of living in daily rental facilities in the country increased by 17% to 2,500 rubles per night. In St. Petersburg, one night of accommodation costs an average of 3,600 rubles.
Traditionally, St. Petersburg is popular with business travelers. Here, the city also accounts for 10% of all orders in the country. This is followed by Moscow (9%), Yekaterinburg and Novy Urengoy (4% each), Novosibirsk (3%).
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