“Of course, there are problems. They exist both in the inbound tourism market, because the number of foreign tourists fell ten times by March-April, and the prospects for May and summer tourism and in the outbound tourism market are still unclear. Because many countries are still closed and, of course, Russian tourists, who usually actively traveled abroad to May holidays, to Spain, Europe, Turkey, now do not have such an opportunity and while trips are suspended, ”he said.
The expert also assessed the possibility of developing domestic tourism due to the impossibility of foreign travel.
“Domestic tourism largely depends on the availability of funds from Russian citizens ... But coronavirus is such a thing that is not predictable. And what, for example, on the Black Sea coast, we do not know yet. If the pandemic continues, then the development of domestic tourism will also have to be forgotten, ”Kurnosov added.
Earlier, Russian Railways announced the cancellation of trains to Moldova and Ukraine.