In May, a peak tourist season starts in the Kuban. The most popular resorts report that over the half of the room stock is already booked.
Hotels and guest houses of the Krasnodar Territory resorts are already booked by more than 50% for May holidays, which means that the peak tourist season in the region will begin earlier than usual.
In Anapa, the season will begin on May 1. It is expected that the flow of tourists for the May holidays in 2023 will be over 83%. Last year, Anapa hosted 4 mn tourists. This summer, the flow of tourists is predicted to be 10% higher.
Sochi expects to host 260,000 vacationers in May, hotels will be 90% occupied. Currently, 54% of hotels in Gelendzhik and 51% in Novorossiysk are booked for May. Novorossiysk hosted more than 1 mn tourists in 2022. According to the city hall, this year, the tourist flow will exceed those figures. In the Temryuk region, it is reported that bookings for May holidays are currently higher than in the same period of the previous year.