Crimean hotels are ready to extend the stay of tourists for free – Kommersant

Crimean hoteliers are ready to extend the stay of tourists free of charge who are forced to stay due to the state of emergency on the Crimean bridge, said Ilya Umansky, President of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry. One span was destroyed on the bridge, local authorities do not provide details of the state of emergency.

“All hoteliers declare that they are ready to meet halfway and solve the issues of extending accommodation for people. If the tourists run out of funds or there is no opportunity to extend, I think that everything will be provided to them free of charge,” Mr. Umansky told TASS.

The head of the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory, Fedor Babenkov, said that the region’s hotels were ready to receive tourists who were going to the Crimea, and promised a “loyal pricing policy.” “Despite the fact that the holiday season is in full swing, there are free rooms in hotels,” he wrote in Telegram.

As a result of the emergency perished a couple from the Belgorod region, their daughter located in reanimation. Ferry service between Crimea and Krasnodar Territory is also temporarily does not work. The movement of trains towards the Crimean bridge was suspended, but later resumed. Local authorities cook temporary accommodation points in the east of Crimea.

Laura Keffer