In news from Russia’s tour operators, early sales of tours in Russia and abroad for the summer of 2017 are now underway. With maximum discounts of up to 50%, the Association of Tour Operators Russia (ATOR) announcement promises a sparkling year for recipients of touring Russians.
According to the news, Coral Travel has already opened bookings for tours of Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Bulgaria, and other operators are slated to follow this weekend and next week. This statement from ATOR tells more:
“Tour operators have opened the booking for the summer of 2017. Among the favorites of the demand of tourists – all the same popular destinations: Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Russia. Buying your tour in advance, visitors can save up to 50% of the cost of the trip, and the main thing – to choose accommodation in quality hotels, places that, as a rule, quickly come to an end.”
Also in the news, “NTK Intourist”, offers in the first phase of early booking until 31 January 2017, deals that are cheaper by 50% to Turkey. For Bulgaria the discounts rise as high as 40%, with Greece and Montenegro at 35$ and 20% respectively. Russians traveling to Italy can expect at least 20% savings on early booking, and tourists to the Krasnodar territory (Sochi, Anapa, Gelendzhik) with a discount up to 30%.
Early bookings for Bulgaria are already available to Sunny Beach, Elenite, Neserb, Golden Sands and etc. Early bookings at “TUI Russia” actually started in early November for Turkey, and now tours to Cyprus, Montenegro, Bulgaria, travel to Russia, Abkhazia, Greece, Italy and Spain follows.
The first proposals for early booking on holiday in the summer of 2017 in Greece and Cyprus from the company “Mouzenidis travel” began to appear at the end of July 2016. As explained by the head of the sales Department of a tour operator Yevgeny Kiselyov, the rush by the hoteliers were caused by the demand for these areas in 2016, which many times exceeded the offer. Until the end of November the maximum discount reached 55% of the summer value. In December, the average discount will be 40% until the end of February, the tours can be saved 35% in March – 25%.
Tour operator “Multitur” opened early booking from 1 November 2016, it will end on 31 March 2017. Shares can be purchased summer tours in the southern areas (Krasnodar Krai, the Crimea and Abkhazia). For the first time this year, the tour operator has launched an early booking of tours to Belarus, it will last until December 31.