Grand Baikal entered the top ten largest regional tour companies in Russia, taking 10th place in the Turinfo ranking. In 2008 the company served 38.5 thousand clients, raised net profit to 38.2 million rubles and increased turnover to 437 million rubles. It also took 46th place in the nationwide ranking of the largest tour companies, underscoring its strong market position.
The newspaper Turinfo compiled a ranking of the 20 largest regional tourism companies, in which Grand Baikal took 10th place.When compiling the ranking, gross revenue of the companies for 2008 compared with 2007, the number of clients and their growth in 2008, the number of tour packages sold, staff size, and other parameters were taken into account. The newspaper Turinfo obtained these data from questionnaires filled out by Russian travel companies.
At Grand Baikal, the number of clients in 2008 totaled 38,515 people, which is 28.58% more than in 2007. Net profit amounted to 38.2 million rubles, which exceeds the 2007 figure by 43.6%. The company’s turnover in 2008 was 437 million rubles.
In addition, the travel company Grand Baikal took 46th place in the ranking of Russia’s largest tourism companies, which included 59 of the largest, according to experts, travel companies. As of the beginning of March, the Unified Federal Register of Tour Operators of Rostourism listed 5 million 299 thousand companies. Of these, 3 million 231 thousand operate in the international tourism sector and more than 2 million in the domestic market.