11/08/2019 16:41

More discounts

[IMG=18780-4410] The start of the second ten-day period of January was marked with a traditional drop in price for popular travel destinations. ‘We will have to work hard until the end of January. On the 14th of January many tourists arrive back from Egypt, therefore the current capacity will certainly remain the same’, said Gennadyi Kosarev, General Director of ‘Fresh Travel’. As a consequence, prices for tour packages with the outgoing flight on the coming days are approaching to the minimum point. For example, seven-day tours with 3* hotel accommodation in Hurgada is on offer for $115. According to experts, it is not the lowest price – before New Year there were $98 offers. It is typical that such a tactic does not stimulate the demand a lot. ‘There is a limited amount of tourists and even if we cut prices this amount can not increase. The only thing which helps our profit margin is the reduction of capacity at low season’, said Mikhail Ioffe, the head of Egypt Department of ‘Tourenergoservice’. The sale period will continue until January 20-25 – by this time all ‘holiday’ tourists will return and charter programs will be realized in accordance with demand. At the moment tour operators can only hope to minimize losses and wait for student holidays to stimulate demand.