In the summer of 2023, Panarctic Star plans to send 600 tourists on expedition cruises to the Far East, three times more than the company sent a year earlier.“Last year, we made five cruises with an average load of 70%, or 40 people. There were about 200 people in total. This year, 13 cruises are planned, the number of which must be multiplied by 45 people, because I am sure that the load will be 90%. That is, we plan to serve about 600 people,” Dmitry Danilov, head of the company’s cruise line, told Interfax-Tourism.In 2022, the first expedition cruise is launched. The most popular is a week-long cruise around the Kuril Islands and along the Kamchatka coast.Cruises are carried out by the research vessel “Professor Khromov”. The ship has 29 cabins ranging from 12 to 27 square meters with a maximum capacity of 50 beds.The minimum cost of the cheapest weekly cruise starts from 350,000 rubles for a seat in a Standard class cabin. The most expensive two-week cruise along the Chukotka coast to Wrangel Island will cost 4 million rubles, the price includes accommodation in a luxury cabin.The price of the cruise includes airport transfer, accommodation, three meals a day, disembarkations and excursions, port fees, border passes, entrance tickets to nature reserves, lectures and screenings evening movies. There is a crew of 22 on board, as well as a doctor.Expedition cruises are a new product for the Russian market, but as tourists become more aware of the product, demand for expedition cruises is expected to increase, Danilov said. See also: Flight time for Russian tourists from Moscow to Venezuela will be reduced by 10 hours.
