11/08/2019 16:46

Seasonal effective disorder

[IMG=18640-4217] Prices have dropped to $199 for some tours to the UAE in the middle of December. And this has happened despite the fact that the block cost of plane tickets is around $270. The most difficult dates from the selling point of view, according to operators, are traditionally considered 16, 20 and December 23. However this year the seasonal fall of demand was accompanied by one more factor, which encouraged the growth of special offers - the increased amounts of commitments. Operators bought them out expecting an increase in demand for Emirates. However it did not happen to the extent it was expected to. According to Taras Kobischanov, general director of ‘Russian Express’, the general volume of tourists sent corresponds to the previous year; if there is a growth, it is within 10%. ‘This year operator have commitments for expensive 5* hotels. And there are impressive special offers for these hotels’, reported Larisa Ermakova, head of the UAE department at ‘PAX’ company. A week in five stars, for example, costs from $599. As for tours for New Year to the UAE, they are sold out like the other destinations. Firstly, according to Sales Director at ‘Space Travel’ Sergey Ovchinnikov, expensive hotels in the prestigious Dubai region Jumeira, then Shardja were gradually sold out. Incidentally, a fortnight before New year hotels in deficit Dubai 5* appeared on sale again. Larisa Ermakova explained this by the termination of release-period on other markets. According to her, Europe does not go traveling so actively for New year vacations as Russia. In the end rooms not required are distributed to the Russian market by hoteliers.