Measures to save the tourism industry in Crimea

The press service of the Ministry of resorts and tourism of the republic reports that urgent measures have been developed in the Crimea to preserve the tourism sector.

Sergey Aksenov, the head of the Crimea, signed a decree banning the booking of places for rest in sanatoriums, hotels and children's camps of the republic and accommodation in them from March 28 to June 1 in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

At the federal level, it is proposed to consider the possibility of reducing the VAT rate for hotel activities, vacations and deferrals on key federal taxes, for example, on income, and subsidies for repaying part of the labor costs for non-working personnel, vacations on interest payments and debt repayment under loan agreements for industry representatives.

Vadim Volchenko, Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Republic, reports that officially more than 40 thousand people are involved in the tourism industry of the region and 7% of tax revenues are provided.

“Really, with related areas - transport, catering, fuel, consumption of agricultural products and beverages, excursions and display of cultural heritage objects - the number of people employed is much higher and it is not less than 25% of the GRP of the republic. This is a backbone industry <...> how adequate and timely measures will be to preserve it, the more prepared hotels and sanatoriums come to the still possible summer season, depends on how favorable the overall economic outlook will be for the region.

Source: ria