Hotel gathering is necessary for lowering from 20 % to 5 % - Association of hotel associations and hotels
Hotel gathering is necessary for lowering from 20 % to 5 % - Association of hotel associations and hotels
Cities of Ukraine.
Kiev. On November, 3rd. The INTERFAX-UKRAINA - Established in the majority of settlements of Ukraine
The size of hotel gathering - 20 % of cost of residing in hotel - is necessary for lowering at least to 5 %,
As it leads to rise in price of hotel services and negatively affects the financial
Position of hotel economy.
On it to agency "Interfax-Ukraine" was informed by the general director of Association of the hotel
Associations and hotels of cities of Ukraine (further - Association) Nikolay Evdokimenko.
As he said, the Association has directed to the Supreme Rada the offer to reconsider existing gathering for
Domestic hotels and to release from its payment preferential categories of citizens, including veterans
War and work, invalids.
N.Evdokimenko considers, that the tax press from local governments leads
Unprofitableness of hotel economy and finally their liquidation, and high cost of numbers
Frightens off clients and forces them to resort to private sector services.
So, according to were goskomturizma, in 1999 in a private sector have stopped more than 2 million
Foreign tourists. For last 10 years in Ukraine it is liquidated about 70 % of municipal hotels.
As the general director has underlined, world experience, including the CIS countries, testifies that
Hotel gathering is not raised neither in Russia, nor in Kazakhstan, in Armenia. In the European countries, where
Tourism is more developed, established only municipal tax at a rate of 1-5 % of cost of residing in
To hotel.
According to magazine "Hotel business", now average cost of residing in
Single usual number in hotels of Kiev for foreign citizens and citizens of the CIS makes 447
grn. A day, for citizens of Ukraine - 187,8 grn.
The association of hotel associations and hotels of cities of Ukraine is created in 1990 for coordination
Activity of the hotel enterprises with a view of maintenance of their profitability and full satisfaction
The population in hotel services. Into Association enter 113 hotel associations and hotels. On it
To data, in Ukraine is 1340 hotels and hotel economy.
//* an information Source: the Interfax Ukraine, 3.11.00
//* Reg. Nom. - 4101100034.28-------------------------------------------
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