Although early booking attracts Russian tourists with attractive prices, representatives of travel agencies note that the availability of a holiday in the Turkish direction is a relative concept.
Experts emphasize that the cost of early booking tours differs from the figures recorded in 2015. We are talking about a slight but noticeable increase in price. In particular, the head of Apollo Tour, Andrey Demura, observes a similar trend. The director of the travel agency states that the growth in prices for early booking in January is at the level of 15-20% compared to the same period in 2015. A representative of Apollo Tour gives an example of current prices for a tour lasting 6-7 nights with a five-star hotel. In the first half of July, a tour for two starts at $768, and from the middle of the month the price limit will not fall below $790.
Yuri Alba, CEO of the travel company Join UP!, claims that such a development of events was to be expected. According to the specialist, Turkish hotels, having heard numerous optimistic forecasts for 2017 regarding the Russian tourist flow, began to regain their former confidence in their abilities, which was reflected in their pricing policy. In addition, the boom in early booking began to be observed since the beginning of December 2016 and hotels Turkey immediately took action regarding their financial leverage for selling the hotel.
At the same time, experts note that the Ukrainian market, despite impressive tourist flow figures in the past year, is not characterized by high activity, unlike the Russians. Perhaps the mentioned increase tour prices — one of the reasons for the passivity of Ukrainian tourists in the context of early booking for the Turkish destination.
