Russians to spend more on traveling
At the request of Visa a global survey
Global Travel Intentions Study 2013 was conducted. 12631 tourists from 25 countries participated
in it. According to the survey global average budget per trip will increase
from the current $ 2,390 to $ 2,501 this year.
Residents of the
What concerns the Europeans, Russians
are the once who are most willing to spend money on travelling ($2569 at an
average). In the
future they plan to increase their travel budget by 36% - up to $ 3501. Over
the last two years Russians went on holidays four times at an average. This is
the highest rate among all the regions which participated in the survey.
Turkey, Egypt, France, Italy and Spain remain the most popular foreign
destinations among Russians.
42%
of Russian travelers look for the services of travel agencies. An average trip
takes them eleven days which is one day longer than in Europe in general.
While
staying abroad Russians prefer 4-5* hotels and at the same time they don’t
favour budget airlines when booking tickets (11% against 21% at an average
among Europe).
In addition, the survey revealed that by
number of trips during the past two years the
Travelers also included
The results of the survey make a clear
picture of an average traveler. First
of all, it’s an experienced traveler: 79% of the respondents traveled abroad
for the last two years, making one or two trips a year. 80% plan their trip in
advance – about ten days before traveling. 38% of the respondents called
spending time with friends and relatives the most popular reason for traveling.
Such trips are most often planed independently (42% of the respondents) and
last about ten days. 39% of the respondents choose 4-5* hotels when traveling.
69% announced that they travel with their families.