Hotels in Sochi are cheaper and newer than those in Crimea – media
The holiday season has just begun, but the first conclusions can already be drawn: Sochi beats Crimea in all respects, writes Gazeta.Ru. Hotel occupancy in Sochi is 30% higher, and prices are about the same lower. This is due to the large number of new hotels built and renovated in Sochi for the Olympics. In Crimea, the number of rooms is old, there are few new hotels, so prices are higher and conditions are worse.
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After the boom of the May holidays, hotel occupancy in Crimea fell. According to Pack Bag, it is now 50%. In Yalta, Sudak, Alushta it reaches 60–70%.
In general, at the start of the season, Crimea is inferior to Sochi, the publication writes. Comparable accommodation options in Sochi are 30% cheaper. Last minute tours cost the same, but if you book in advance, a tour to Sochi from July 16 for 7 nights/8 days will cost approximately 16,7 thousand rubles. in a three-star hotel with breakfast, a similar tour to Crimea - 21,4 thousand rubles. per person.
“It’s difficult to find a normal hotel in Crimea now, based on the budget. For the same amount, I can rent either a decent hotel in Sochi, or a “killed” room at a tourist center in Crimea, and not in a large city, but in some village,” says Victoria from the Moscow region, who recently independently looked for a hotel .
In Sochi there is much more choice: almost all the hotels have been restored over the past two years, and some were built specifically for the Olympic Games.
People go to Sochi because many people want to see how the city has changed after the Olympics, to see the sports facilities themselves. Young people choose Sochi because it has now become more accessible precisely because of the large number of accommodation options. In Crimea, nothing has changed fundamentally over the past year: people still come here to enjoy nature or improve their health, but the hotels of the peninsula have not acquired a new quality after its annexation to Russia.
“Many people went to Crimea last year out of curiosity. But in general, the number of rooms there is of poor quality and the infrastructure is undeveloped. Considering the traditional increase in prices for accommodation during the peak season by 50% or more, the price-quality ratio turned out to be unfair,” says Marina Smirnova, head of the hotel business and tourism department at Cushman & Wakefield.
Crimea could become an attractive market in about five years, the expert predicts: “If a comprehensive program for the development of the region is implemented with the participation of the state, which should help investors with communications and infrastructure.”
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