Tourist demand for Crimea has fallen by almost a third.
From May 24 to June 6, the number of hotel bookings on the annexed peninsula fell by 31% year-on-year, and in Sevastopol — by 40%, according to data from the Travelline system.
An increase in cancellations of previously booked trips is also being recorded. Crimea During the specified period, 79% of reservations were cancelled, including 71% in Sevastopol. Tourists are booking rooms three times less frequently this year than last year.
The decline in interest in Crimea is occurring amid a fuel crisis—gasoline sales were restricted on the peninsula at the end of May. This is affecting the travel plans of those who were planning to arrive by car or bus and actively explore the region during their vacation.
Founder of the Pink Elephant travel agency chain Aleksan Mkrtchyan predicts that Crimea will lose 3-4 million tourists this year. Instead, travelers will opt for Krasnodar the edges.
Earlier chapter Tuapse Sergey Smartly He stated that the city would be ready to welcome tourists during the holiday season. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) declared the water and air quality in the area of the oil spill near the Tuapse Oil Refinery to be within normal limits. However, environmentalists and volunteers say many beaches remain untouched, and oil products are still floating in the sea.
Environmentalists are calling the incident one of the largest and most complex disasters in the region, even compared to the oil spill off the coast. Anapa in 2024. It is unknown how many tons of oil spilled this time, after four fires at an oil refinery, a seaport, and an oil storage facility.
In the spring, the governor of the Krasnodar region Benjamin Kondratiev reported that, based on the results of the inspection, eight pebble beaches of Anapa from the village Bolshoy Utrish The waters up to the "High Coast" are suitable for tourist recreation. But oil spills continue to this day.
There are fewer and fewer places left for a relaxing seaside holiday in Russia.
