Tarnished image, blocked roads and loss of hotels

The private sector is still talking about a number of problems in mining resorts - Maya Murachashvili, the founder of the "Strategic Management Group of Hotels", stated on Radio "Kommersant" that improper control by the relevant state structures created significant problems for Gudauri, among which hotels were forced to return money to tourists.

"I don't remember in the last 8 years that we had such good snow in the New Year. Unfortunately, it turned out very badly for us. If the road was closed on January 1, it's not the first time, it just happened on New Year's for the first time, otherwise it's always closed in January and February as well. We've had this problem for years, and I keep saying that it's easy, if it's 24 days or not, at least look at the 7-day forecast and when you see that 3-4 days In addition, the police checkpoint located near Mleta should not let the vehicles that do not have the appropriate equipment be blocked by the driver Leb who drove with improper tires and skidded. Added to this was the snow and the fact that the appropriate equipment was not mobilized on the site, despite the fact that we knew in advance that there would be snow", - states Maya Murachashvili.

According to his information, due to the traffic jam in Gudauri, some of the foreign tourists could not leave the resort and therefore could not catch their flights.

"Tourists who had flights, but could not go, stayed with us. As a result, the hotels could not receive a new stream. Because the winter is 3-4 months and there are certain risks associated with the existence and survival of the winter resort, we try as much as possible not to lose a single cent. Therefore, we all have the function of "non-refundable money" enabled, the only force majeure situation is when we return the money, and exactly this force majeure The situation was fixed and when the average selling price for that period was 600-650 GEL, we had to return the funds. similar The facts, of course, hurt our image very badly", said Maya Murachashvili.

Maya Murachashvili believes that traffic jams can be reduced as a result of the fulfillment of the condition that the private sector received from the state - about 2 years ago it was said that a large parking lot would be arranged at the entrance of Gudauri and tourists would be able to move to the resort via shuttles, however, nothing has been done in this regard so far.

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