#Ator Vice President Sergey Romashkin

Tour prices to Turkey reached the peak

It is stated that due to the increase in exchange rates in Russia, Turkey tour prices have peaked. The Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) announced that tour prices to Turkey have peaked and that Russian tourists have started to prefer the United Arab Emirates and Thailand as alternatives. According to the news in the Russian media, ATOR Vice President Sergey Romashkin said that the average price per person in Turkey tours exceeded 100 thousand rubles. According to TürkRus, indicating that there has been a noticeable increase in the prices of tours to Turkey due to the rise in the dollar in Russia, Romaşkin drew attention to the fact that tourists have started to prefer lower budget hotels and shorten their vacation times. ATOR Vice President Dmitriy Gorin, who predicts that the number of tourists from Russia will decrease compared to last year, said, “The exchange rate has changed by 60 percent and prices have increased by 30-40 percent. Because flight prices are 20 percent cheaper. While the average price of Moscow-Antalya round-trip flights was 50 thousand rubles last year, this year it was 40 thousand rubles. Gorin stated that the number of scheduled and charter flights between Russia and Turkey increased by more than 50 percent compared to last year, adding, “However, the increase in tour prices has reduced the tourist traffic. The best result would be a repeat of last year's figure. 5.2 million Russian tourists visited Turkey last year.