Sberbank Rossii : Russian tourists spend an average of 67,000 roubles on international tourism

• Tourists who used bank cards spent an average of 67,000 roubles ($1,046.82) during trips (including accommodation expenses but excluding flights).
• The most popular non-FSU countries where Sberbank clients spent money were Turkey, Italy and Spain - 466,000, 123,000 and 121,000 people, respectively. However, the amount of money spent in Turkey and Italy was almost equal - 8.5 bln roubles.
• The highest average spend per person was recorded in French Polynesia and Monaco - 168,800 and 124,100 roubles, whilst the lowest was in Honduras - less than 5,000 roubles.

25 September 2018, Moscow - Sberbank has analysed the expenses made by Russians abroad over the three months of summer. During this period, they spent 141.23 bln roubles on overseas trips (excluding flights). Out of this amount, 34.7 bln roubles were spent on cash withdrawals. Almost half of the cashless expenses (106.5 bln roubles) went towards accommodation. The biggest hotel bill was 8.1 mln roubles and was paid on the Indonesian island of Moyo.

The remaining amount was spent in clothes stores (14.3%), supermarkets (6.2%), and restaurants (5.8%). The most expensive shopping trip using a Sberbank card amounted to 7.3 mln roubles and took place in a mall in the US state of Hawaii. The most expensive dinner was purchased by a Sberbank client in France. The bill was 3.1 mln roubles.

The biggest traveller with a Sberbank card was a 28-year-old resident of Yakutia. She used her card to make payments in 26 countries.

Sberbank clients spent the most money in Italy (8.55 bln roubles) and Turkey (8.4 bln roubles). Spain came third with expenses of 6.75 bln roubles.

The biggest average expenses were made by tourists in French Polynesia. Tourists spent an average of 168,000 roubles there (in addition to flights and accommodation). The lowest average spend was recorded in Honduras - 4,970 roubles. Rather curiously, 32 Sberbank clients visited this country in summer 2018, quite a large number for this unusual destination.

The breakdown of Russian tourists' expenses in foreign countries varies. For example, in Italy and Turkey they spent a lot more on clothes and shoes: 52.3% and 38.8% of total expenses, respectively. In Finland and Estonia most spending involved food (41.2% and 31.1%, respectively). South Korea, Israel and Germany are the main medical tourism destinations (43.5%, 28.2%, and 15% of total expenses). In Monaco tourists made 28.2% of expenses on casinos, a higher share than in any other country. This was also the country where the largest card payment was made - a 39-year-old resident of St. Petersburg spent 33.3 mln roubles in a Monte Carlo casino. Monaco was also where the biggest fast food purchase was made, with a visitor from Moscow dining to a sum of 895,000 roubles.