European countries will lose about three million Russian tourists in the coming months, a figure from the number of seats scheduled for flights to arrive in Europe from Russia between February 24 and August 24, 2022.
According to data published by the analytical company Statista, the country that will lose the most Russian tourists – Turkey. Almost two million seats for flights departing from Russia were planned for the first half of the year. In second place – Ukraine with an expected loss of 1.68 million vacationers. On the third – Uzbekistan: the country of the post-Soviet space this year does not count more than 830 thousand Russian tourists. Egypt is in 12th place.
The list of countries that lost a significant number of Russian tourists also included the United Arab Emirates (minus 781,272 Russian travelers, 4th place in the ranking), Tajikistan (726,899 people, 5th place) and Armenia (563,199 people), 6 -te.
According to experts, Germany will be the most affected member state of the European Union. The country will receive 552,910 fewer Russian tourists by the end of August. In general, in the ranking of the outflow of Russians, she took seventh place. Greece will be the second EU member state to face a drop in Russian tourism: 303,843 places for travelers will remain unfilled due to the current global situation. In the ranking, she took 11th place in terms of the expected outflow of Russians. The last place in the list – in the Czech Republic (minus 116.7 thousand tourists from Russia).
Cyprus, a popular destination for Russians, will also suffer from a decline in Russian tourism (234.9 thousand), as Russians have consistently topped the market in this direction, and the tourism sector is the country’s main source of GDP. In the next holiday season, the Cypriot authorities expect the arrival of only 20 percent of the usual tourist market.
“According to our estimates, we expected that this year there will be one million tourists from Ukraine and Russia, which is about 20-25 percent of the tourist market in Cyprus. The key point is the duration of this crisis. If it ends in a month, we will be unharmed. If it lasts longer, no economy will be able to come out clean, “said Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides.
Now let’s list other EU countries that expect fewer Russian tourists during the six-month period:
Italy -229,003 people.
Hungary – 203,086 people.
France – 179380 people.
The Netherlands – 156,278 people.
Bulgaria -149,801 people
Spain – 123,184 people.
Czech Republic – 116,705 people.
As a result of the war in Ukraine, the EU witnessed a record influx of refugees. At the beginning of May, more than three million of them were registered in Poland alone, a country neighboring Ukraine.