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Armenian capital is one of most popular destinations for Russian tourists

13.01.2016, 16:21
Russian online hotel reservation service Oktogo.ru named the ten most popular destinations for Russian tourists who traveled with children during the New Year holidays in 2016. The rating, based on hotel booking data from 1 to 10 January 2016, includes also Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.

Armenian capital is one of most popular destinations for Russian tourists
YEREVAN, January 13. /ARKA/. Russian online hotel reservation service Oktogo.ru named the ten most popular destinations for Russian tourists who traveled with children during the New Year holidays in 2016. The rating, based on hotel booking data from 1 to 10 January 2016, includes also Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.

The top 10 popular destinations for foreign trips with children were Tallinn, Riga, Prague, Vilnius, Barcelona, Rome, Helsinki, Berlin, Yerevan and Warsaw. Russians spent on average 5 days in Armenia paying 4,500 rubles a day for accommodation.

According to Travel.ru, the number of Russians who preferred to travel with children for  New Year holidays increased by one third compared to last year.

The top ten most popular cities in Russia for  traveling with children for New Year's holidays were St. Petersburg, Moscow, Sochi, Kazan, Kostroma, Novgorod, Vologda, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and Vladimir.

The most inexpensive cities were Smolensk, Kislovodsk, Murmansk, Pereslavl and Kaliningrad. 
The most popular resort destinations for spending the New Year holidays with the children were Bali (Indonesia), Dubai (UAE), Phuket (Thailand), Cebu (Philippines) and Langkawi (Malaysia). Lovers of skiing with children chose Bulgaria, Andorra and Austria. 

The most inexpensive European capitals to visit for  winter vacations were Belgrade and Warsaw. -0-