“Sales are really worse than two weeks ago, before the events on the Crimean bridge. But the dynamics are good. I do not rule out that at the beginning of August the flow will still recover to the same extent as at the beginning of July. ” , said. He.
According to him, immediately after the attack on the Crimean bridge that took place on July 17 of this year, a significant number of cancellations were observed – within 5-6% of the monthly load. But then some of the tourists went back to their apps. Tourists reacted in this way to the lack of clarity about whether they could reach the vacation spot. “They planned to travel only by car. They had no other options to get there. They understood that they most likely would not get tickets for the train. Therefore, until the authorities announced that traffic had been restored, tourists, just in case , canceled these vouchers. And then they were partially restored,” Romashkin explained.
As a result, the overall losses due to the situation that occurred are small. To a greater extent, events have affected future bookings. However, the attack on the Crimean bridge already took place at the height of the season, when about 80% of tourists already had coupons to go to Crimea in their hands, that is, four fifths of the holiday season were sold. .
Therefore, this will not have a noticeable effect on the results of the season as a whole, the ATOR representative added.
