12.09.2023, 15:27
Sales of vouchers to children's camps in Russia this summer decreased by 40%
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The increase in transportation costs and the rise in the price of vouchers to children's camps led to a decrease in their sales this summer by 30-40% compared to the same period last year, according to the Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT).
"In general, the decrease in ticket sales from tour operators this season amounted to 30-40%, and some reached 50%. There are several reasons. These are geopolitical events, a 15-20% rise in the price of vouchers, and an increase in transport costs. The general decrease in solvency has also affected, as well as the reduction of programs for subsidizing vouchers and children's cashback," explained Tatiana Ivanova, head of the PCT Commission on children's recreation and active tourism.
In her opinion, weather disasters also contributed to the decline in sales of camps in the Krasnodar Territory - after heavy rains and storms, demand for them decreased.
As Ivanova noted, due to the closure of camps in the Crimea, the range and number of offers for children's recreation at sea have decreased. However, it helped to load the camps of the Krasnodar Territory, mainly due to the reception of children of social groups.
It has become too expensive for some parents to send their children to camps at sea, especially from the regions of the Urals and Western Siberia.
"There were active sales of vouchers and early booking only in those regions where support measures were maintained, these are Altai, St. Petersburg, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod. About a third of the regions did not provide such support, and children's camps here were not filled in the summer. These are, first of all, Mari El, Buryatia, Moscow and the Moscow Region," the expert clarified.
As Ivanova explained, parents began to choose, first of all, camps in their own or neighboring regions. As a result, these facilities were in a better position than the camps of federal significance.
According to her, in parallel with the decrease in the share of recreation organized by tour operators, the number of illegal camps offering cheaper vouchers, but not meeting the requirements for children's health facilities, has increased.
According to the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, in the summer of 2023, about 40 thousand camps of all types took children in Russia. It was planned that in total more than 6 million children would rest in them.
"In general, the decrease in ticket sales from tour operators this season amounted to 30-40%, and some reached 50%. There are several reasons. These are geopolitical events, a 15-20% rise in the price of vouchers, and an increase in transport costs. The general decrease in solvency has also affected, as well as the reduction of programs for subsidizing vouchers and children's cashback," explained Tatiana Ivanova, head of the PCT Commission on children's recreation and active tourism.
In her opinion, weather disasters also contributed to the decline in sales of camps in the Krasnodar Territory - after heavy rains and storms, demand for them decreased.
As Ivanova noted, due to the closure of camps in the Crimea, the range and number of offers for children's recreation at sea have decreased. However, it helped to load the camps of the Krasnodar Territory, mainly due to the reception of children of social groups.
It has become too expensive for some parents to send their children to camps at sea, especially from the regions of the Urals and Western Siberia.
"There were active sales of vouchers and early booking only in those regions where support measures were maintained, these are Altai, St. Petersburg, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod. About a third of the regions did not provide such support, and children's camps here were not filled in the summer. These are, first of all, Mari El, Buryatia, Moscow and the Moscow Region," the expert clarified.
As Ivanova explained, parents began to choose, first of all, camps in their own or neighboring regions. As a result, these facilities were in a better position than the camps of federal significance.
According to her, in parallel with the decrease in the share of recreation organized by tour operators, the number of illegal camps offering cheaper vouchers, but not meeting the requirements for children's health facilities, has increased.
According to the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, in the summer of 2023, about 40 thousand camps of all types took children in Russia. It was planned that in total more than 6 million children would rest in them.
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