Alternatively, the Turkish resorts of the Russian tourists chose Abkhazia. According to tour operators, now in Abkhazia sold out 80% of all trips in the summer season. At the same time tourists were bought primarily a place in the high-level facilities with a rich infrastructure and a wide range of services. According to experts, the most popular resorts chosen by tourists in Abkhazia is Pitsunda, Mussera, Gagra and Sukhum.

"Demand for Abkhazia demonstrates have a positive trend annually. This year was no exception.  Sometimes, the demand for branded items of Abkhazia was ahead of the process of issuing the latest prices. This is not surprising. In addition to the clear sea and the magic of nature, which traditionally attract tourists to Abkhazia, it should be noted the progressive development of infrastructure, construction of new hotels and a global reconstruction already well-established sites. Firstly, we are talking about the OP "Resort of Pitsunda" – said to infogroup "TURPROM" Lyudmila Sysoykina, deputy general director of tour operator "Solveks". At the same time, she stressed that one of the unpleasant summer trends this season was the release of a number of objects, including the iconic, B2C market with a full arsenal of measures, including direct discounts to tourists.

The expert also noted that in recent years, Abkhazia has become increasingly popular region for various events: festivals, tournaments, contests and creative, corporate travel. "This is one of the main trends of the upcoming season, which will begin with a very symbolic for Abkhazia events – World Cup ConIFA 2016", – said the source. Also Ludmila Sysoykina recalled that since April 1, 2016 introduced a visa regime for citizens of foreign states with which Abkhazia signed intergovernmental agreement on mutual visa-free travel, but to talk about how it will affect the work of border services, it is too early. However, this change does not apply to the Russian tourists.

"Company "Solveks" offers package tours with air travel on aircraft of" UTair "airline from Moscow to Sochi. Of particular interest are our event tours "May holidays in Samshitovaya rosha", "The June holidays in Gagra" – summed up the source.

The company "Vand" also confirmed the significant recovery in the direction of demand. "The demand for facilities increased due to a larger number of offers from tour operators. And accordingly enhanced advertising. Customers who purchased tickets to Turkey on shares early booking partially shifted to Abkhazia. Therefore sales season started earlier", – said Head of the Krasnodar Territory resorts company" Vand "-Svetlana Muromskaya. The expert also spoke about the popular tourist hotels of Abkhazia. Particular attention of travelers Svetlana Muromskaya drew an extremely popular park-hotel "Mountain King Bagrat," as well as pension and holiday house "Sunny".

It should be noted that to the direction of the first came out a tour operator "ICS Travel Group" this season. The company noted that in addition to a beach holiday Abkhazia could offer tourists and an extensive excursion program for the country's natural attractions, mineral springs and unique cave complex and monasteries, and what plans to do a tour operator. "On a number of hotels in Gagra, Pitsunda and Sukhum "ICS Travel Group" offers guaranteed accommodation by booking available hotels, rest homes, boarding houses of different categories. The minimum duration of the tours – 3 nights. Cost of tours with the flight we will start from 10'441 rubles per person", – said Anna Filatovskaya, Director of the Department of direct sales, advertising and PR "ICS Travel Group".