They propose to completely close Crimea - “the tourism industry was allowed to earn normally during the season”
The demand for booking holidays in Crimea decreased by 15-20% after the introduction of restrictive quarantine measures.
This was stated by the Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Republic Vadim Volchenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Since the beginning of the week, we have observed a slight decrease in demand; at the moment, bookings for holidays in Crimea have decreased by 15-20%. This is confirmed by our daily monitoring visits to sites and communication with hoteliers,” his press service quotes the minister as saying.
The director of one of the Crimean hotels, Anna Nerozina, noted on Radio Crimea that vacationers are canceling previously booked rooms:
“About 20% cancellations. I expected more; to be honest, I thought that fewer people were ready to travel with QR codes and certificates. About 1/5 -1/4 of our armor is removed, new armor is coming, but there is no shaft. My forecast: there won’t be much excitement in Crimea during these holidays,” Nerozina said.
According to the chairman of the Committee on Resort, Tourism and Exhibition Activities, Maria Malgina, the drop in demand for vacations in Crimea is more likely a seasonal phenomenon, and not the result of imposed restrictions.
“November is always an absolutely slow month; the tourist flow always goes down. On the contrary, I saw the opposite information. If there is any decrease, it is most likely due to the fact that the cost of tickets to the southern direction has increased by almost 100%,” Malgina told PolitNavigator.
Many tourists do not refuse trips, but choose the private sector, which does not require QR codes and PCR tests from them, notes Boris Zelinsky, Chairman of the Association of Tour Operators of Crimea and Sevastopol:
“Yes, bookings have fallen significantly, but I admit that it fell precisely in the official sector, and in the private sector it could have increased. Tourists either don’t go anywhere now or go to the private sector. Because ours is large, capacious, and varied.”
Maria Malgina calls on vacationers to completely abandon visits to the peninsula during the current lockdown and suggests that the authorities completely close the republic:
“I am not at all a supporter of anyone going to Crimea now. If we are already introducing a lockdown, then I think that it would be logical in principle to close Crimea. The tourism industry was allowed to work out the season normally, it was allowed to earn money. If other industries are suffering because holidays are being introduced, then let’s close Crimea and don’t just let anyone in here. Then it will be justified."
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