While traveling in Kiev refuse to students and corporate

Amid continuing protests to Kyiv, caused by  authorities ' refusal to sign the Association agreement with the EU, were the first refusals from purchased in Ukraine tours. True, the mass аннуляциях from tourists speech yet, but if the protesters did not leave the Maydan Nezalezhnosti in the near future, sales of new year's holidays will be under big question. In fact in the first half of December falls surge in bookings New year and January vacation in this direction. One of the first events in Kiev foreign Ministry responded the UK, which on Tuesday warned its tourists arriving to Ukraine, about the dangers of visiting the places of the demonstrations. The foreign Ministry of Russia, these recommendations did not give, but without this nervous situation in the tourist market could not be avoided.
General Director of the company «Viaduct tour» Larisa Fedorova told that suffers first segment of group tours. Already cancelled the order of 20% of the number of booked children's rides on the winter school holidays. Began to doubt the full security of corporate clients, which in Kiev expands public outreach festivities. «Until time allows to offer the equivalent of a replacement Kiev tours, for example, Belarus and Saint Petersburg, the Golden ring, Vologda and Nizhniy Novgorod. Most customers this way is just fine. However, closer to the holidays, if the Ukrainians not to pacify, to find vacancies in these areas will be much more difficult», - commented RATA-news Ms. Fyodorova.
General Director of the company «Dolphin» Sergey Romashkin believes that events in Kyiv may even be of interest to tourists, but, of course, provided that the protesters would remain within the «decency». «I think travellers and we hope that soon all is normalized, so it bought without cancellation. On the contrary, to our office continues to receive applications for tours in the Ukrainian capital on new year's date,» he said. However, the expert does not rule out the variant that the political tensions in Ukraine not fall until the holidays. And then, according to Mr. Pyrethrum, mass defaults on travel should be expected already the 20th of December.
According to General Director of company «Alian» Ilya Umansky, the more obvious consequences of the events in Ukraine will not waiver of previously purchased vouchers, and a drop in sales dynamics. «In early December, most of the booking Kiev on the New year and the January holidays. If the protests will not stop, it is definitely have a negative impact on demand», - concluded Mr. Umanskiy. Today, according to him, sold only about 30-40% of the planned volumes.
Let's remind, the protests began in the centre of Kiev on November 21, and last week bought a «force» character. Aggressive activists tried to storm the presidential administration, but were pushed back by the local OMON. In the epicenter of the rally was the main city fur-tree, traditionally shell package on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Unfinished wood frame was finalized агитплакатами and illumination and artificial needles assigned for the construction of the fence. Under threat now also the construction of the rink (plinth boards of protesters spent on wood) and the Christmas fair in the capital. The fair was open on December 14, but businessmen have cancelled planned for the weekend delivery of goods and installation of houses would traded Souvenirs. Nevertheless, there was the Maidan, the situation remains calm, the city lives its usual life, which is confirmed by the Kiev tour operators.
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