Travel.ru compiled a ranking of the 25 most popular Russian cities for travel, and Irkutsk took 20th place. Hotel stays in Irkutsk were among the most expensive in the list, 3,604 rubles a day, behind only Sochi and Moscow. The article also notes that independent trips in Russia in 2015 rose by almost 50 percent, and vacations within the country are still much cheaper than abroad.
Analysts of the travel service Travel.ru have compiled a ranking of the 25 most popular cities in Russia for travel this year. Irkutsk took 20th place.The top 10 included Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Anapa, and Yalta. The last five places were taken by Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk, Kostroma, Veliky Novgorod, and Vladimir.
According to the study, the average cost of one night in hotels in Irkutsk this year was 3,604 rubles — the third-highest figure among the cities included in the ranking. Only Sochi is ahead at 4,056 rubles per night and Moscow at 3,910 rubles per night. The cheapest rooms can be rented in hotels in Vladimir — 2,964 rubles per night, Perm — 2,990 rubles per night, and Novosibirsk — 2,743 rubles per night.
According to Travel.ru, in 2015 the number of trips within Russia made by independent tourists increased by almost 50% compared with 2014. Tourists paid an average of 3.6 thousand rubles per night for accommodation in Russian hotels, which is 75% less than abroad.