OREANDA-NEWS  The most budget-friendly foreign destinations for Russian tourists in the summer of 2024 will be those that do not involve flying by plane, he said in a conversation with Lenta.<url>" Vice-president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Yuri Barzykin. In particular, he named Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Abkhazia.

"If we talk about the near abroad, these are Belarus, Abkhazia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and partly Georgia. If we take a little more distant abroad, then this is Egypt, Turkey. Sri Lanka, of course, cannot be called a budget country, but there is an average price segment there," Barzykin said.

He also recalled that China will open up more widely for tourists. Travel to the United Arab Emirates will be cheaper due to the hot weather.

"European destinations are not. You need to fly there in transit, through other countries, it is three times more expensive than before, not to mention visas, cards, and payment documents. But the main factor of price growth is, of course, the exchange rate. Well, air transportation. It is cheaper where there is a land connection. Or mass transportation, as in the case of Turkey and Egypt," the expert said.

Earlier it was reported that Chinese tourists flocked to Russia en masse for the sake of unique natural phenomena. The list of the most popular destinations among Chinese citizens includes Baikal, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod.