Aksyonov named the number of tourists who have rested in Crimea since the beginning of the year

More than 5 million tourists visited Crimea this year, 3 million of them in just two summer months, this is higher than pre-pandemic figures, HEAD of the republic Sergey Aksenov said on VKontakte.

“In seven months of 2021, the tourist flow to Crimea amounted to 5.067 million tourists, which is 27% higher than the same period in 2019,” the head of the region said. He clarified that 60% of tourists came via the Crimean bridge, about a third (32%) flew to the peninsula by plane, 8% came by train.

According to Aksyonov, twice as many tourists came to Crimea in June and July than a year ago, as well as 13% more than in 2019. So while hotels and resorts in the region are typically 76% occupied, this year's average occupancy was 82%, up to 95% in places, he noted. In total, there are more than 1,000 hotels in the republic and other places of recreation for tourists; more than 155,000 tourists can be accommodated in them.

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Aksenov added that some hotels and sanatoriums have already reached the level of 60% of vaccinated employees, in some even all employees have been vaccinated - 100% of people. “At the moment, there have been no serious violations and surges of a new CORONAVIRUS infection in hotels and sanatoriums,” he said.

Aksenov on July 21 warned of a possible closure of the tourist season if the increase in the incidence in the region does not stabilize. In mid-July, the region's Minister of HEALTH, Anton Lyaskovskiy, allowed the introduction of a mandatory vaccination requirement for tourists, but then the department ruled out this option.

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Since the beginning of June, the number of cases has been growing in Crimea. A month and a half later, the number of new cases per day quadrupled from 100 new cases per day in early June to 400 new cases per day by mid-July.

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Over the past day, 368 people fell ill in the region, 14 died. During the entire period of the epidemic, 60,945 cases of the disease were detected, 1,793 people died, according to the operational headquarters.

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