200 boarding houses and hotels of Abkhazia are ready to receive tourists

The Ministry of Resorts and Tourism informed "Apsnypress" on the preparation for the holiday season.

Sukhum. March 16. Apsnypress. Aslan Kutelia. So, according to Deputy Minister of Resorts and Tourism Astamyr Akhba, pricing will increase by 10% in 2016, and the summer season opens on June 1.

Astamyr Akhba said that now there is a preparation for the tourist season. "Many tour operators of Russia, who had previously worked in the directions of Turkey and Egypt, is now shifted to the Abkhaz tourist market. Therefore, in comparison with previous years, demand for recreation in the country increases. We plan to receive over the holiday season 550-600 thousand tourists. Main number of tourists, traditionally stops to rest in the private sector. As for guest houses and hotels, our tour operators place the guests of the country and now there is a distribution of respective quotas", - said Akhba. 
According to Astamyr Akhba, hotel infrastructure of Abkhazia has 200 sites today. This bed capacity is up to 18 thousand beds. "And when you consider the private sector, in general, the tourism market of the country is ready to provide 45 thousand beds", - said Akhba.

In addition, according to Akhba, it is planned to increase the flow of tourists into the country. "However, it depends on the occupancy of tourist excursion sites of the municipality of Sochi. As we know in today's time, there is a big boost in tour sales in Sochi. So, we hope through these recreational areas, which are now developed to increase national indicators for trips in a positive way ", - said the deputy minister.

Akhba informed that the preparation is carried out for all the tourist sites, according to the action plan approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Also: "In the near future head of state will hold an expanded meeting on preparation for the holiday season", - he said.