Belarus among popular tourist destinations for New Year in Russia

The Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST) named the most popular destinations for the New Year - Belarus was among the most popular countries. It's reported by sb.by.

New Year holidays in Russia this season will last 11 days - from December 31 to January 10 inclusive. According to the current sales of tour operators, the most popular destinations for the New Year will be Vietnam, Egypt, Thailand and the UAE. As for sales of New Year tours in Russia, their depth is still low, but in the first days of January in popular hotels already run out of popular categories of rooms.

- As one of the Russian tour operators noted, departures from January 2 to 4 sell better than the New Year dates themselves, while the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, St. Petersburg, Moscow, the Golden Ring, from the near abroad - Belarus are leading from local destinations.

In general, experts note that the current New Year's season is more complicated than the past: tourists tend to control the final budget and not pay for what they can do without. The Russian Union of Travel Industry assessed the effect of the construction of the Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway