Russians will workThe Dutch booking service Booking.com announced the suspension of work in Russia due to the increasing complexity of doing business in the country. This situation was commented on by a member of the State Duma from Crimea, a member of the committee on tourism and tourism infrastructure development Alexei Chernyak. Discuss
According to him, instead of Western booking services domestic services will fully enter the market, which it is time to give way and support. Also, according to Chernik, leaving Russia, the Booking.com service may eventually lose a large-scale market. It accounted for about 35-40% of bookings in Russia.
“Crimea has been working for eight years with periodic shutdowns by Booking and constantly some kind of restrictions, and no one went bankrupt. Moreover, domestic booking services have become more popular and in demand, having received new opportunities for development. So I don't see anything fatal. It is high time to give way to our domestic services and support them now, so that when foreign companies want to come back, there will be no free places on the tourism market,” the deputy said.
Source: RIA Novosti