This year, the popularity of summer holidays in the mountains has grown by 28% in Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development cites data from the MTS Travel service.
The Sochi mountain cluster accounted for one-third of the entire visitor traffic to the mountains during the summer season.
"The leader in the number of visits was the Sochi mountain cluster, including the following resorts: Rosa Khutor, Krasnaya Polyana, and Gazprom Polyana. It accounted for a third of the total tourist flow to Russian ski resorts",
the message said.
Many tourists also chose the Manzherok resort in Altai (15%) and Arkhyz in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (14%).
At the same time, many tourists prefer not to stay in the mountains, but to go there on day excursions.
