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Russian tourists change their preferences

08:07, 20 марта 2012

An International Association of Antarctica tour operator (IAATO) has released the results of the regular tourist season in Antarctica, noting a steady growth of interest for this destination. From November 2010 to March 2011 the southernmost continent of the planet was visited by about 37 thousands travellers, which is 23% more than for the same period in 2009-2010. There is still quite a bit of Russians in the flow yet, but according to IAATO the demand on journeys to Antarctica is growing in our country. During the last season there were more than 300 of such tourists, which is 20% more than in the previous one.

 

From all of the Russian tour operators only Poseidon Expeditions now is a part of IAATO. According to the Sales Director of this company, Maksim Chernishev, the interest to any expeditionary cognitive trips, which are also called geographic travels, has been appreciably growing lately. The issue is about tours to distant and poorly explored corners of the Earth - the Galapagos Islands, Chilean Patagonia, the Kuril Islands, Commander Islands, etc. "For example, our ice-breaking cruise to the North Pole and Antarctica were mostly bought by foreigners. But in recent years, the number of Russian tourists for these destinations has increased by 400%, "- says Maxim Chernyshev.

 

Geographical journeys are rather young destinations for Russian tourists. Moreover, the most expensive tours – to North Pole and Arctic - are in demand. Besides that the uniqueness of such a journey is that until recently it was nearly impossible to get there. Today, a voyage to the North Pole takes place on the most powerful nuclear icebreaker in the world, "50 Years of Victory", the season is July and August only. During a year less than one thousand people visit both North Pole and Arctic. For comparison, the number of passengers on a cruise liner in the Caribbean can be up to five thousand people.

 

Press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina also notes that among the expeditionary cruises warm destinations, such as the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon and Papua New Guinea are gaining more and more popularity as well.

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