According to expert observations, even Turkish companies represented at MITT-2003 in Moscow came to the exhibition with last year's price lists. Turkish companies do not yet see grounds for revising them, except that hoteliers may raise the cost of services by about 5%. But if the war becomes protracted, discounts are not ruled out in the Turkish direction. No one is yet willing to estimate how large they might be. Also, few predict how much prices could skyrocket if hostilities in Iraq end at the start of the summer season, as some experts predict.
Similar calm is observed in the Tunisian direction. True, according to the commercial director of the RIU Hotels chain, Nadjib Buzidi, since last week there has been a noticeable decline in reservations from the British and Germans for the end of the season - August and the beginning of autumn. But this is for long-term booking. Currently, the occupancy of hotels booked last autumn is 80%. Tour operators also expect a jump in demand for tours to Tunisia after the end of the war. Overall, the flow of tourists from CIS countries could double compared to last year.
Meanwhile, virtually all tour operator companies working with eurozone countries, without exception, have set their prices in euros. This, accordingly, has caused tours to become more expensive, since last year almost all price lists were in dollars. At the same time, according to representatives of tour companies, if the euro currency becomes cheaper, prices will not be revised.