Business Travel Demand to EEF Drops 1.5x
Demand for business travel to the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok decreased by 1.5 times over the past year, with declines in hotel bookings, flight reservations, and booked nights, according to multiple travel services. Despite this, interest in the Far Eastern region as a whole has increased.
Consensus
- Demand for business travel to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok decreased by 1.5-fold over the past year.
- Hotel bookings in Vladivostok for EEF dates declined by 23% year-on-year.
- Air ticket demand to Vladivostok during the EEF period dropped by 26% year-on-year.
- The number of booked nights in Vladivostok for the EEF period decreased by 27% year-on-year.
- The Eastern Economic Forum is held annually in Vladivostok since 2015.
- The forum is organized by the 'Roscongress' Foundation with government support.
- The 2025 EEF had 7,300 participants and resulted in 358 agreements worth 6.5 trillion rubles.
- The 2026 EEF is scheduled for September 1–4.
- Over 70 countries have confirmed participation in the 2026 EEF.
Points of divergence
- Stepan Mastryukov, head of OneTwoTrip for Business, stated that the cooling interest in the EEF is a localized decline in demand for a specific event, and that overall business interest in the Far Eastern regions has increased in autumn. — vm
- On August 15, Anton Kobyaev, secretary of the EEF organizing committee, said that President Vladimir Putin would make important statements at the forum that Western countries should pay attention to. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Yef: Interest in trips to VEF dropped by 1.5 times in a year — Вечерняя Москва
- Interest in trips to the VExF has dropped by half — Коммерсантъ