# Russians are booking hotels in Belarus for New Year 4.6 times more often

- URL: https://syn.by/en/society/russians-booking-hotels-belarus/
- Published: 2026-11-12T19:00:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T19:00:22+00:00
- Section: Society
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/obshchestvo/rossiyane-broniruyut-oteli-belarusi.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/hramadztva/rasiejcy-branirujuc-hateli-bielarusi.md

> According to the Russian Union of the Travel Industry, the growth in bookings of Belarusian hotels is comparable to Abkhazia. A year ago, Belarus accounted for 35% of Russians' foreign hotel bookings for the holidays.

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Belarus has entered the top three destinations where Russians are booking hotels for the New Year holidays in advance noticeably more often than a year ago. According to the Russian Union of the Travel Industry (RST) and Ozon Travel, the number of bookings of Belarusian hotels for the period from 31 December to 10 January rose 4.6 times compared with last year.

Abkhazia showed the same growth, according to RST. Thailand grew 1.6 times in this ranking of early bookings.

Overall, Russians' demand for early bookings of foreign hotels for the period from 31 December 2026 to 10 January 2027 has more than doubled, according to RST. Air tickets, according to the same data, are being bought 1.8 times more often than a year earlier.

Egypt, where there are 3.2 times more bookings, and Armenia, where demand has grown almost twofold, are also showing strong growth.

A year ago, according to the same data, [Belarus accounted for 35% of Russians' foreign hotel bookings](https://t.me/egazeta/15747) for the holidays. How that share has changed now is unknown.