The tourism business will not survive – DELFI Business

Although hotel closures are not being considered, according to Evaldas Šiškauskienė, without spa services or catering, they would lose their meaning.

“Hotels can close as much as they want, because they don’t have any population anyway, and hotels with spas, if they close spa services, then all resort hotels would close the same. Without services, the hotel is a dead hotel, ”E. Šiškauskienė told BNS.

“I do not really understand why it is necessary to close the catering, because it is already very reduced, the distance is maintained and people avoid it, it is better for young people to eat safely than to meet at home and have parties,” he added.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced on Tuesday that the work of public catering establishments, except take-out food, will be suspended, and massages, except medical services, as well as sports clubs and spas will be suspended. According to him, hotel activities will not be prohibited, but it will be proposed to prohibit group services, restrict meals, allow delivery in rooms or take away.

Following the tightening of restrictions, the government also intends to reimburse business support measures taken during the first wave of coronavirus, including subsidies for downtime.

However, E. Šiškauskienė says that the company will not be able to contribute even 10% to the grants, so employees may have to be laid off.

“I would like to talk to the authorities about employees, how to keep them, how much an employee can sit on the minimum (…) and how much a closed business can cost 10 percent. having obtained a loan, ”he said.

According to the head of the association, the occupancy of resort hotels has decreased by more than 50 percent, in cities it reaches 5-6 percent, in addition, about 30 percent. the hotels have been closed since March.

The quarantine of the country, which would be introduced starting Saturday for at least three weeks, will be decided by the government on Wednesday.