Tourists are massively canceling trips to occupied Crimea, and the Russian government had to allocate more than 4.3 billion rubles from the reserve fund to support the tourism sector of the peninsula. The Moscow Times reported this on Sunday, July 12. It is noted that payments will be received by employees of more than 4.6 thousand. industry enterprises that find themselves “in a difficult situation” due to Ukrainian attacks. In particular, 3.7 billion rubles will be sent to Crimea, and 584.5 million to Sevastopol. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), by the end of July, about 1 million trips were canceled in Crimea and Sevastopol. The organization estimated the volume of canceled bookings at 20-25 billion rubles, of which 5-7 billion were accounted for by tour operators. ATOR asked the government to provide travel companies and hotels in Crimea with deferments for the fulfillment of obligations to tourists, as well as for the payment of taxes and insurance premiums. As reported, at the end of May, Crimea was gripped by a fuel crisis due to intense attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the supply routes of the peninsula and Russian oil refineries.

On June 26, a state of emergency was introduced in the republic. And on July 6, the entire Crimea was left without electricity due to Ukrainian attacks on substations, and then without water. According to Russian authorities, problems with electricity and water supply to the peninsula still persist.. And on Sunday it was reported that Sevastopol was completely left without electricity. . " Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.