Hotels in the Kuban and in the Crimea, caught in the desire to cash in on tourists and increase their profit against the background of the pandemic coronavirus. About it TourDom.ru said the representative of one of large tour operators, who wished to remain anonymous.
“the hotel Owners are their game — their task is to cut the dough”, — said the interlocutor of the portal. According to him, hoteliers are forced to “urgently earn”, due to the late start of the holiday season: they’re trying to expand the proportion of direct bookings to the detriment of the partners.
“Our requests for tourist accommodation remain unanswered for five or six days. And when in the hotel appeals to travelers or travel agents, it answers that no bids are received, and offer to be booked directly,” the source said, stressing that often offers at a higher price.
According to the interlocutor TourDom.ru such problems are observed in 50-60% of hotels on the black sea resorts. It is noted that the delay in the processing of the traffic may also be associated with a massive reduction of staff in the reservations on the background of the flash COVID-19, and with the subsequent “explosive demand” and the dramatic influx of customers.
on July 14, the journalist of “Moskovsky Komsomolets” disclosed schemes profit from tourists in the Crimea. So, it turned out that the guest houses and hotels often do not match the pictures on their sites, and the distance between the sunbeds on the beaches is much less than recommended by Rospotrebnadzor. Later mass extortion on one of the resorts troubled state Duma Deputy and former Prosecutor of the Crimea Natalia Polonskaya. She made official and Director of the company, whose office was object, the return of vacationers these amounts.
Safe and controlled startup of the internal tourism in Russia was held in early June. In the first stage, open the sanatorium with the medical license. Also, the authorities are developing rules to open further hotels, beaches, resorts, cruises and other components of the tourism industry. A full season has opened in Russia on 1 July.
