11/08/2019 16:44

Discount and tide wait for no man

[IMG=18716-4333] Last days before New Year travel agencies in the regions are trying to decide which exhibition, either the old MITT or the new ‘Intourmarket’, to visit in spring. For example, this issue is a pressing one for the touristic community in Omsk. In this region for the last several years there have been discount sales of plane tickets for the end of March. ‘Discounts offered by ‘Sibir’, ‘Omsk-Avia’, ‘Aeroflot’ may come to 50%’, said Alexander Blinov, director of the regional travel agency ‘Mir, ‘Therefore it is necessary to have all the information about the exhibitions now in order to be able to take advantage of the offer’. Making the right choice seems even more crucial considering the prices for plane tickets (10 000-15000 rubles). Buying discounted tickets in advance could be quite profitable. However there is not enough information at present to make a decision. Omsk travel agencies, for example, complained about the lack of information on the participants of ‘Intourmarket’ (its web site does not contain this data). ‘The purpose of our visit is to contact the heads of the Moscow companies regarding the results of the season and the plans for the future. Therefore we should know what exhibition they are going to take part in,’ explained Boris Kolomeets, director of travel agency ‘Vostok-tour’. Travel agencies in other regions, for example, in Rostov-na-Donu and Ufa do not consider the choice of the exhibition to be a pressing issue at the moment, as there are no ticket sales in these regions. ‘Rostov travel agencies will make their choice at the end of February,’ said Alexan Mkrtchan, director of ‘Rosovyi Slon’.