The Russians were not ready to be vaccinated for the sake of vacation in Sochi and Anapa

Only 3% of citizens expressed their readiness to be vaccinated against coronavirus if this is a condition for recreation in the Krasnodar Territory.For the sake of traveling abroad in May, 20% of respondents were ready to be vaccinated

For the sake of a vacation in the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, six times fewer Russians are ready to be vaccinated than for a trip abroad. This was found out by the SuperJob job search service as a result of a survey (RBC has it).

Only 3% of respondents are ready to take root in order to have a rest on the Russian coast of the Black Sea. In May, 20% of citizens said they would get vaccinated if it was a condition for traveling abroad.

19% of respondents plan to be vaccinated regardless of the conditions set by the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory. More than half of them (53%) will not be vaccinated anyway.

The tourist business asked the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory to allow settlement by PCR Society

Men are ready to inject more often than women - 4% versus 2%. The fair sex more often categorically deny the very possibility of vaccination - among women such 56%, among men - 52%. About a quarter of the respondents found it difficult to answer.

The survey was conducted at the end of June throughout Russia, 1.6 thousand people took part in it.

On June 24, Kuban Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced that from July 1, tourists will be able to check into Krasnodar hotels, sanatoriums and boarding houses only with a negative PCR test for coronavirus, and from August 1, only if they have a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 . The only exception will be those who have a medical tap.

Popova invited the Krasnodar authorities to soften the requirements for tourists Society

The authorities explained that the number of cases and the number of hospitalizations with coronavirus infection is growing in the region, so the main task now is to protect people's health during the tourist season.

The regional government clarified that the new requirements will not apply to those who managed to settle before they come into force. In addition, people vaccinated with a foreign vaccine will be able to check into hotels in Sochi, Anapa and other resorts if they have a certificate in Russian. Children will not need certificates of vaccination - a negative PCR test made no earlier than 72 hours ago will be enough for them to check in.

The Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT) warned of a possible disruption of the tourist season in the Kuban. According to Irina Tyurina, press secretary of the PCT, the operators expected that this season would be the best in recent years, but now they are afraid “that it might not become the worst”. According to the organization's calculations, by August 1, only 15-17% of those who planned a vacation in the Krasnodar Territory will have time to get vaccinated.

ATOR announced a “flurry of calls” with the cancellation of tours to the Krasnodar Territory Business

The head of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), Maya Lomidze, said that literally half an hour after Kondratyev’s statement about admission to resorts on vaccination certificates, “a flurry of calls began” to tour operators about canceling bookings and vouchers.

“We have an incomplete picture, not everyone was interviewed. According to those who were interviewed, 30% of the cancellations for July. That is, 30% of those who were going in July, <…> and more than 70% of those who booked for August, want to refuse. This is serious,” Lomidze said on Friday. In addition, sales of tours to the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory also fell - by 30% in July, by 80% in August.

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