Crimea: tourism or not tourism

Customers who have purchased tours Crimea on a season-2014, are in no hurry to cancel the plans. «We have, for example, the earliest date - 17 March, and the booking is not yet cancelled, - said the General Director of THE «Dolphin» Sergey Romashkin. Clients call, ask if we are ready to return money for tours. Having received the affirmative answer, take a waiting attitude. While new claims, of course not».

Will there be a tourist season in the Crimea in the summer of 2014? There are different opinions.

For example, the General Director of «Мультитур» Alexey Высоканов preparing for the pessimistic scenario. «We froze the accounts with Ukrainian partners. The staff of the three hotels, which are in our control, can shift their own Krasnodar hotels, where there is not enough staff.» To refuse rental Crimean accommodation facilities Mr. Vysokanov is not going to. «I think, that year will hold, Krasnodar region gives us a certain margin of safety».

But Ukrainian hoteliers have nowhere to retreat. «You understand, what for tourism Crimea. This is the life. The season will be, it can't be. Moreover, the situation in the region is really stable, danger for tourists there,» - says Konstantin Litvinenko, commercial Director of the Park-hotel «Marat» (Yalta). In his opinion, tour operators would have to continue paying on the hospitality contract for the summer: «Let's partner to share the risk».

Operators, not only Russian, but also local - certainly not ready to freeze the money in the Crimea indefinitely. But not going to require partners, who found themselves in such a complicated situation, payments already made prepayments. «We invested in the room Fund of tens of millions of rubles, - says Sergey Romashkin. - Obviously, the money goes into account in future seasons.»

«We have not suffered. Saw what was coming, and hotel prepayments not fond of, - told correspondent «Турдом» Boris Zielinski, President of the group of companies «Kandahar», as well as the Association of tour operators Crimea and Sevastopol. - As for the prospects of the season, he may yet in some form happen if Crimea quite quickly define political status. Public order is maintained, law enforcement bodies work, communal services, too. The issue in transport - if there are no problems with rail and air links, then we would in summer to work in Crimea. But with Kiev, Truskavets, Odessa harder».
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