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2021: Losses of river cruise operators in Russia exceeded 1.6 billion rubles

Russian shipping companies organizing cruises along the country's rivers in 2020 received total losses of more than 1.6 billion rubles. This was announced in July 2021 by Anna Isaeva, director of shipping on inland waterways of the Russian Chamber of Shipping.

According to her, 2020 was extremely difficult for the industry due to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 The support states helped mitigate the negative effects of this powerful negative factor.

Of course, we are grateful for the implementation of the tourist cashback mechanism, this made it possible to slightly increase the load, and it would be good for the program to continue, "Isaeva said at a meeting" Development of cruise tourism along the Volga River, "organized by the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy.

Losses of river cruise operators in Russia in 2020 exceeded 1.6 billion rubles

Fluctuations in cruise tourism indicators are caused by geopolitical, economic, natural (low water), epidemiological factors, as well as the lack of infrastructure for both waterways and coastal infrastructure for receiving ships and servicing tourists, Isaeva added.

She also cited data according to which Russia ranks second after China in terms of the length of inland waterways (more than 101 thousand km in 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation). There are 13 of the 15 million-plus cities on them.

The Director for Inland Navigation of the Russian Chamber of Shipping said that annually 300 to 400 thousand Russian and foreign tourists take part in cruises along Russian rivers, excluding navigation in 2020. Families with children make up 10 to 15% of the total number of tourists on flights, in the summer months this figure is higher.

Although almost half of the season has burned out among Russian river workers, they are a winner compared to sea cruises, said Fedor Egorov, head of the Russian representative office of the Dreamlines cruise company.^[1]

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