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<\/p>\nInforme semanal de noticias del mercado ruso de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Mosc\u00fa<\/p>\n
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Transportation volume from St. Petersburg to the island of Rhodes has decreased<\/a><\/p>\n From July 5 Coral Travel canceled the flight program to Rhodes from St. Petersburg, the company had previously canceled flights from Rostov-on-Don. Tourists are not satisfied with the proposed alternatives \u2013 departures from Moscow or only ground service without air ticket compensation. The tour operator explained the cancellation of flights by low loading of boards.<\/p>\n \u201cPeter (St. Petersburg) is a difficult city for tour operators. In the past there were many attempts to open Rhodes from there. We tried to do it too, but there were no results. Tourists wait the last minute tours, because the majority of St. Petersburg people have a Finnish Schengen and they are used to buy tour packages at the last moment,\u201d said Anatoly Garkushin, the CEO of Pantheon operator. The expert added that the situation is different in Moscow \u2013 Rhodes is actively being sold both on charter and on the regular flights.<\/p>\n The head of the Greek TEZ TOUR, Dimitris Haritidis, confirmed that in Moscow the demand for Rhodes, on the contrary, had increased. The expert stressed that despite such adjustments, there is little \u201cburning\u201d on the destination \u2013 there are last minute sales, but within normal limits.<\/p>\n It should be noted that Aegean Airlines operates flights from St. Petersburg to Rhodes and tourists can fly to the Greek island three times a week.<\/p>\n The ban on flights to Georgia led to a record demand for Armenia<\/a><\/p>\n As Biletix.ru Company reported, in June the growth in volume of bookings of air ticket to Azerbaijan increased by 36% compared the same period last year, and to Armenia \u2013 by 104%.<\/p>\n This trend is not a surprise on the tourist market: after stopping flights to Georgia it was assumed that many tourists would prefer one of these two destinations instead Georgia. At the same time, professionals pay attention to the fact that more travelers are attracted by Armenia, which has no access to the sea, than Azerbaijan, whose capital is located directly on the coast.<\/p>\n However, according to the specialists of the Biletix Company, it is hard to say about the exact correlation between the events in Georgia and the increase of tourist flow to Armenia. \u201cThis country has been a growing destination since the beginning of the year,\u201d says Grigory Lugovoy, PR director of the service.<\/p>\n According to experts, the final conclusions about what destination tourists will be reorienting can be done in two weeks. Moreover, not all travelers will refuse from their plans to rest in Georgia. Based on this fact, other airlines are trying to occupy the vacant slots at Georgian airports. Thus, three Armenian air carriers, Armenia, Taron Avia and Atlantis Europen Airways, have already announced plans to increase the presence of their flights in the air corridors between Russia and Georgia.<\/p>\n By the way, it was possible to assume that a presidential decree on the suspension of flights between the countries from July 8 will provoke a rise in ticket prices after this date. However, while the cost has increased slightly – the average price for the flights with transfers to Georgia has grown by only 3.3%: from 255 Euros to 264 Euros.<\/p>\n\n