Rest in Abkhazia. Is it so budgetary, as is commonly believed?

It's no secret that many Russians, for a variety of reasons, are trying to save a lot in the last turbulent time. This applies to different areas of daily life, including planning for vacation. Quite to abandon the beach holiday, most of us are not ready, so many are changing direction - those who are used to lying in the summer on the beaches of foreign countries, began to switch attention to domestic tourism, in particular to the native Black Sea. And although the rest in Abkhazia formally refers to international tourism, a number of factors (the absence of bureaucratic delays at the border crossing, the use of the Russian language by the aborigines, the historical factor, in the end) greatly brings the Soul Country closer to the internal directions.

In the minds of many compatriots, Abkhazia has long been associated with a delightful nature and relative cheapness. If the nature is more or less clear - it is really beautiful, then here's about the cheapness is not all so unambiguous. Here with this and we will try to understand.

Obviously, the main factor affecting vacation costs is the cost of living in the chosen place. Abkhazia offers a fairly wide range of accommodation for tourists. These are professional subjects of hospitality (all kinds of hotels, hotels and boarding houses), and various variations of guest accommodation in the private sector (beds, rooms, houses, apartments, rooms in guest houses, etc.). In turn, the cost of living both in hotels and in the private sector also varies and depends largely on the same parameters, such as the concept of accommodation, living conditions, the location of the hotel (apartment) relative to the sea, the availability of resort infrastructure and others ( There are quite a few of them).

And here the most interesting begins. Relatively low cost of living in a place "without food" implies an inevitable appearance in the budget of the corresponding item of expenditure. Yes, in the hot season, the choice of catering points in Abkhazia is great, and tourists have the opportunity to pick up something acceptable for the average check, but, firstly, it does not concern every settlement, and secondly - even if you daily dabble Somewhere in a cafe with low prices, it's still for a vacation "eat" you can for a decent amount (add here mandatory snacks and quenching thirst on the beach, for a walk, etc.).

Another important point is travel around the country. The fact is that in Abkhazia, in any case, you can not sit idly by the whole vacation near the location of the dislocation, otherwise the final impression of rest will almost certainly be if not spoiled completely, then certainly very much blurry. In addition, the use of the Russian language throughout the country allows holidaymakers to make independent sightseeing trips, that is, without contacting the travel agency. Well, since the sights in Apsny (both natural and man-made) in abundance, the acquaintance with them will also force the tourist to get a purse every now and then.

For example, there is an absolutely real situation: today in Abkhazia there are new expensive hotels, the cost of accommodation in which (together with the cost of the flight from Moscow to Sochi and back) equals the cost of rest in a good Turkish or Egyptian "five". The concept of accommodation in them, in principle, allows a holidaymaker not to think much about the possible upcoming expenses for food, since it (food) is included in the cost in a sufficient number and assortment. You can, of course, walk around the local cafes and restaurants, but rather out of curiosity, rather than from a sense of hunger.

But here excursions to status Abkhazian places in the cost of living, of course, are not included (at least in the right amount). As a result, the final aggregate spending on vacation from a tourist will certainly go beyond the cost of Turkish and Egyptian "fencers" and rush to the cost of the same "fencers", but already Spanish or Greek.

Conclusion from all of the above, you can, perhaps, do the following: "Budget" to go on vacation in Abkhazia can the following categories of tourists:

• (In Abkhazia it is really very cheap to rent a house that is not fully adapted for comfortable living, and there are a lot of tourists ready to close their eyes to the frequent absence of water, to the uncomfortable location of the house, to cramped and other negative - just to "Zanedorogo" plunge into the wonderful Abkhazian nature)
• Experienced travelers in the Land of the Soul, this category is well versed in all the subtleties of the Abkhaz in Abkhazia - they, as a rule, already know when and where they will go, hence - plan their routes and actions in advance. They know all the places where you can eat cheaply or buy food, they are overgrown with connections, which make it profitable (if not almost free) to rent accommodation or a place to stay overnight. Such skills and knowledge come, of course, only with experience. Including with a stranger - these people communicate with each other not only during their trips to Apsny, but also at home, using the appropriate Internet sites (for example - this is the Forum about the rest in Abkhazia)
• Even here you can include residents of nearby regions of Russia (the cost of their recreation in Abkhazia will be less (with other things being equal) at the expense of relatively low travel expenses Sochi residents, by the way, actively take advantage of this, often coming to a neighboring country just for the weekend.

In fact, it is possible to compare the cost of recreation in Abkhazia with rest in the far abroad only with a great deal of conventionality, since it is not entirely correct to compare Abkhazia itself with other beach tourist destinations. It means that rest, say, in Turkey and rest in Abkhazia - these are two completely different in meaning of the event. And for that there are absolutely clear and objective reasons ... But this is the topic of another article.