SIMFEROPOL, 30 Jul – RIA Novosti. Crimean sanatoriums and hotels, despite the pandemic coronavirus, has maintained a high level of booking in the high season, said the Minister of resorts and tourism of the Republic of Vadim Volchenko.
“today, reservation in resorts saved more than 60%, according to the hospitality sector, large and small hotels by 30-40%. Many hotels and resorts have been seriously pre-payment for future vacation, the money they have invested in preparation for the season, in the repair of rooms, preparation of beaches, purchase of equipment, furniture. And, of course, refund the money to tourists can become a big problem. So we should try to convince our guests not to cancel and to carry the armor on favorable terms”, – quotes the words Volchenko, the press service of the Ministry.
According to him, in the absence of negative dynamics of sanatorium-resort complex of the Peninsula will be able to start preparing for summer season after may 12: this refers to maintenance and repair work, preparation of beaches with the observance of all necessary measures of prevention and disinfection.
Earlier, experts of the National Union of hospitality industry (OIG) and Association of small hotels of Crimea (I ASMAC) formulated proposals to the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor, asking it to resolve from June 1 to work 100% of the capacity of the hotel sector of the Crimea and Sevastopol “in the absence of distribution” of the coronavirus in the regions of the Russian Federation. The head of Committee of the Crimean Parliament on the tourism, resorts and sports Alexey Chernyak believes that since the beginning of summer Crimean tourism industry can only start in the absence of the threat of the spread of a new coronavirus infection.
the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov signed amendments to the decree of 17 March 2020, according to which periods of isolation for citizens of the Republic shall be extended until 11 may. On Wednesday, the total number of infected by the coronavirus in the Crimea has reached 89. Discharged 29 people. The head of Crimea signed a decree on compulsory placement in the Observatory for two weeks arriving on the Peninsula from may 1, having the Peninsula of registration or ownership.
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