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Blog about travel marketing strategies in Russia
Blog about travel marketing strategies in Russia
B2B MARKETING
2020 Russian Travel Market Development Results: How Tourism Survived the Pandemic
The lowest drop was demonstrated by tourist flows to China (-94% as compared to 2019), Spain (-90%), and Italy (-86%). At that, Top-15 most popular travel destinations among Russians included India (-57%), Cuba (-58%), and the Dominican Republic (-65%) for the first time ever.
B2B MARKETING
Most Russian Tourists Expect Full Border Opening in 2021
The resumption of travel abroad in full in 2021 is expected by 60% of Russian tourists. Among the most desirable destinations for travel, they named Turkey, Thailand, Egypt and Europe.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Now travelers want unique impressions, looking for unusual vacations in seclusion and away from civilization or learning regional cultures. Many people warmed to healthy lifestyle and environmental ideas, that is why in 2021 health resort vacations, eco-labelled hotels, and agricultural farms will be the hottest new trend.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Most Russians Use the Internet to Organize Their Own Travel Around the Country
Russian tourists today quickly determine the direction of their vacation and come to the place with a ready-made plan. They plan their own trips, and they are three times more likely to use the Internet than travel agencies to choose a holiday destination and make an activity plan.
B2B MARKETING
Only a Third of Business Trips Took Place in 2020
The number of airline tickets purchased by business travelers in 2020 decreased by 66% compared to last year. Thus, the number of business trips in Russia fell by 60%, and foreign trips reached only 16% of the volume of 2019.
DIGITAL MARKETING
99 Content Ideas for Travel Business
We prepared 99 topics of travel content that will let you maintain your blog effectively throughout the year and never repeat yourself.
B2B MARKETING
The Scope of Business Trips Continues to Recover
The scope of business trips continues to grow: the number of flights compared to the summer increased by almost 25%, and train trips – by 13%.
B2B MARKETING
6 Trends in Tourism and Travel Marketing after the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has already altered prospects of the travel industry development. As of today, there are several clearly seen travel industry trends that have also affected the choice of marketing tools for promotion during this very challenging period.
B2B MARKETING
Post-Pandemic Travel Marketing: How Has the Pandemic Affected Tanzania's Positioning in Russia?
Tanzania was one of the first countries to open its borders to Russian tourists after the pandemic. To better understand the post-pandemic marketing strategy of Tanzania, RMAA Travel has recently asked some questions to TTB DG Ms. Devota Mdachi.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Tourism Post-COVID Marketing: 10 Digital Ideas to Remind Tourists of a Destination
We have collected 10 ideas that you can use in your content strategy for maintaining a website, pages in social networks, and even in email newsletters.
B2B MARKETING
81% of Russians Missed the 2020 Summer Holiday Season
81% of Russians did not go on vacation last summer. Most of those who missed their summer vacation are residents of Moscow and Saint Petersburg (86%), as well as people aged 60 and older (90%).
B2B MARKETING
Russians Told How They Organized Children's Holidays This Summer
Those who could not organize a children's holiday this summer admitted that they were afraid of sending their child somewhere in the current situation (46.3% chose this option), and many also did not have the financial opportunity (43.9%).
B2B MARKETING
How the Pandemic is Changing Russia's Tourism Industry
Russian tourists in the era of the pandemic recession demonstrate three different behavioral models that should be taken into account by the tourism business when planning work.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Reputation Management in Tourism Marketing: How to Prevent a Crisis?
Reputation marketing (or Online Reputation Management) includes a whole range of tasks that are aimed at managing the reputation and image of a tourism brand in the online environment: from monitoring brand mentions in the media space to developing a strategy for creating, maintaining and, if necessary, restoring the brand's reputation.
MEDIA BUYING
Do Russians Want to Travel After Lockdown?
As early as in the beginning of May, research holding Romir published a study that showed that the share of those who plan their vacation or trip has grown almost twice since the beginning of the lockdown.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Coronavirus Marketing: How COVID-19 Changed Strategies of DMOs and NTOs
Just like during the isolation, countries continue communication with their audiences, explore new channels and forms to promote their regions. Priorities of travel marketing shifted in favor of development of content strategies, communication with followers in social media, use of augmented reality technologies etc.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Tourism in Crisis: How to Promote Business When Borders Are Closed
Borders will be opened in the coming months, and tourists will be open to travelling again. That is why we believe that it is no good to stop advertising campaigns but travel brands need to move away from a strategy ‘visit right now’ for a while and move to a new one ‘visit later’ for promotion.
DIGITAL MARKETING
Countries in Crosshairs: Review of Russian Language Publics in Social Media
Although Turkey leads among Russian tourists in travelling statistics, UAE became the most popular country in VKontakte (more specifically, an official page of Dubai). The silver and bronze are won by the Dominican Republic and Thailand respectively. Turkey has taken the 6th place only.
B2B MARKETING
Although Russian mass media glittered with headlines such as ‘Russians Exchange Turkey for Local Resorts’, Turkey became a leader of the outbound tourism flow by a long shot. What is more, this is related to both data concerning the general outbound flow and the tourist flow in particular.
B2B MARKETING
Safety, Sea Leisure, Culture and Cuisine... What Attracts Russian Tourists to Visit a Place?
Based on past years’ experience, Russians give their preference to travel to warm countries such as Vietnam. Therefore, Vietnam is consistently ranked in the top 15 countries of outbound tourism among Russians. How this amazing country attracts tourists from Russia, we learned from Mr. Ha Van Sieu, the Vice Chairman of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
