— It’s like comparing warm to square. The advantage of Sochi is that it is closer to fly there. For many, it is important to be on the territory of the country: there is a large layer of travel restrictions and those who do not like to rest somewhere else. It is easier for someone to get there by land transport, and this, in fact, is almost the entire southern part of European Russia. Of course, Turkey wins in terms of money, if only for the reason that their season is longer than in Sochi. Turkey is a family vacation within the hotel, in Sochi there is also this, but for much more money and is limited by the season. This is a fundamental difference,” the editor explained.
According to Anton Trimailov, now Sochi hotel owners are in a better position and may not reduce prices due to the current situation with sanctions and travel bans. In Turkey, the situation is the opposite, since the pandemic has caused a shortage of tourists for the third year in a row.
– Now not even all the hotels are still open, although the season has already begun. Due to the unclear situation in the Russian and Ukrainian tourist markets (the first and third largest in Turkey), they have to cut prices.