Many Russians realize that rest in Russian resorts requires even more costs than a trip to any other country. This leads to the fact that citizens prefer to go to other countries, where they can enjoy excellent service, clean beaches and delicious food.
Estimated cost of rest
Statistics show that a week of rest in Sevastopol or other southern cities located in Russia is approximately 53 thousand rubles. This includes the cost of air travel, accommodation in a three-star hotel, as well as three meals a day.
For the same period of time, any Russian citizen can fly to Turkey for 32 thousand rubles. Vouchers to Bulgaria are sold from 41 thousand rubles, and in Greece you can fly for 45 thousand rubles. Moreover, these countries offer better service, varied food and ideal living conditions. Additionally, people can enjoy the exquisite nature and attractions of these countries.
Therefore, the Russian owners of hotels and other institutions located in the southern cities began to notice a significant decrease in the number of vacationers. This is due to various factors, but first of all, the cost of the services offered is too high. There are several reasons why holidays in Russia are more expensive than in foreign countries.
In Russia, the holiday season is short
In the Crimea and various southern cities of Russia, you can swim at sea no more than 100 days a year. In Turkey, the holiday season lasts for 180 days, and in Egypt you can enjoy a beach holiday throughout the year.
That is why Russian owners of hotels and restaurants seek to get as much money from vacationers as possible in a short period of time. The rest of the year, businessmen receive only losses, so their profit depends on the efficiency of work during the summer. All expenses for construction of facilities, payment of utilities and salaries to employees should be allocated only for three months. Therefore, the owners of such organizations have to significantly increase prices in order to maintain profitability.
Dirty sea
Another problem that business representatives in southern cities have to deal with is the dirty sea, into which sewage and other pollution merge. This often leads to outbreaks of rotavirus and poisoning among vacationers. We have to pay attention and time to the treatment of children and adults.
To clean the sea, officials in the southern regions have to allocate quite a lot of funds. This leads to an increase in taxes on business owners.
The increase in the cost of train tickets
To visit the southern cities, Russians use air travel or rail. The cost of train tickets is constantly increasing for various reasons. The state seeks to improve the service and appearance of trains, but this is carried out at the expense of people who purchase tickets.
Therefore, people who plan to relax in a Russian resort should spend a lot of money not only on accommodation and food, but also on expensive travel. If at all citizens come to the southern city with the whole family, then the travel costs are too high.
Although carriers offer different fares to reduce fares, they are offered only to low-income or large families, and often just do not work in different cities.
Lack of charter flights
This problem is considered quite significant, as some people simply cannot fly to the southern city from the region of their residence.For this you have to use transfers, which significantly increases the cost of the trip.
Local hotels do not offer quality service
Modern tourists prefer to use the unique All inclusive system. She assumes that people in the hotel not only live, but also eat, drink alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, use their private beach and their own pool.
Some Russian hotels offer such conditions, but their services are much worse than the service offered in foreign countries. If you choose a hotel that really matches the level of Turkish hotels, then rest in it will be too expensive for Russian tourists. Moreover, competition is low, so Russian companies do not even seek to improve the living conditions of their guests.
Therefore, people spoiled for a quality and unique vacation, prefer to go to Turkey or Bulgaria in order to have an affordable, beautiful and comfortable rest.
Due to all the above factors, the cost of rest in Russian resorts is too high compared to traveling to other countries. At the same time, people face a lower level of service, a dirty sea and other significant problems that significantly worsen the impression of a holiday. Therefore, the task of Russian businessmen is to improve the services offered while reducing their cost. Only in this case they will be able to attract Russian tourists.