Germany
is among five most popular travel destinations in Russia. Southern regions are in
great demand. Munich heads the list and is
followed by Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and
Baden Baden. Destinations’ operators say about stable demand with few fluctuations
mostly in the black.
Megapolus Tours’
General Director Viktoria Kizimova notes the sales being on last year’s level,
however, she doesn’t doubt that first autumn months will show about 10-15%
growth. “September and October are traditionally good months for Germany, - she
noted. – Besides, partners have vacant reservations for Oktoberfest which were
difficult to get a month ago”. But as Mrs. Kazimova noted, the depth of sales
is worth this year, and it refers not only to Germany. Partners didn’t rise
prices but within the inner inflation – 2-5%. “The carriage rose in price, but Berlin remains one of
the cheapest destination of the country”, - stressed Viktoria Kizimova.
According to her this season privet tours grew by 20%. As a rule such clients
ask for excursion route about two-three cities often on rented car, or a combo
tour visiting any of the neighboring countries.
Central Travel Agency
Company speaks about the increase of private tours to Germany. The
General Director Svetlana Divakova says clients often bring prepared routes and
ask to realize their program which means adding transfers, excursions and hotel
bookings. “Sales remain on same level, the main demand is for Bavaria region, - she explained. – Partner
prices slightly rose, but the carriage rose by 20%”. In autumn the company plans to start new
programs being interesting by prices and terms of stay. In particular it’s Frankfurt
with its nearby popular resorts and Wiesbaden.
According to Mrs. Divakova, the season is not worse than the last year’s.
According to Chaika
Tour Commercial Director Alexander Turchenko, the summer is calm, sales for Germany show
20% growth. He believes that there’s abundance of traveling due to the wide
choice, mostly for individuals. Besides stably demanded Munich,
Berlin, Hamburg,
the demand for Stuttgart
rose due to regular Aeroflot flights. “There are daily flights but they’ew
fully booked. Earlier this area wasn’t embraced by our airlines, but, to my
mind, now there are enough flights to the Baden Vyurtemberg region”, -
considers Mr. Turchenko. He reminded that there are a lot of interesting places
for tourists such as Porsche and Mercedes museums, Mettsingen outlets,
Formula-1 racing route, Europe park, Legoland,
etc. It’s in demand among Russians not for the first year, but now it’s even
easier to get there through Stuttgart.
“It’s the first summer
we deal with excursion tours to Germany
and it’s a good season for a startup. Mostly people book tours 1.5 month in
advance, so now tours for September and the beginning of October are being
booked. And thought we offer different cities, 80% of our clients prefer Munich”, - said Anna
Panina, the head of the European department of Vendi Tour Group Company. She
specified that Germany was
cut out as a self-excursion destination due to constantly growing demand for
combo tours Prague + Munich
or Berlin.
However, combo tours to both countries remain among favorites. “The season is
going on well. Next year we plan to expand the range of excursion routs”, -
added Mrs. Panina.
