The state gives from 150 to 350 euros, the deadline is September 15

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Finance Minister Sinisa Mali asked hoteliers to respond to a public appeal to support the hotel industry due to the business difficulties caused by the disease epidemic COVID-19, which was published today on the website of the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Telecommunications. For this, 1.46 billion dinars will be allocated and the funds determined by the program will be assigned on a non-refundable basis.

As explained by the Minister of Finance, the city’s hoteliers will receive a direct subsidy from the state of 350 euros for each bed and 150 euros for each room.

“We have recognized the need to support hoteliers in the city, given that in the first half of the year, the inflow of foreign exchange from foreign guests decreased significantly. The condition for exercising the right to assistance is that hoteliers do not reduce the number of employees by more than 10 percent at the end of the year. This will maintain full employment in that sector and it will be possible for hoteliers to overcome this difficult period, “Mali explained.

Siniša Mali, Photo: Tanjug / Željko Šestić

The minister specified that the public invitation is open until September 15 and that hoteliers will receive the money in the first week of October at the latest.

As indicated in the public call, for an economic entity to be able to exercise the right to non-reimbursable funds, it is necessary to have a categorization decision or that the request has been sent before September 1, 2019, that no insolvency proceedings, that a financial restructuring is not carried out. or liquidation procedures. Along with the public invitation, a list of local self-government units in whose area hotels are eligible for grants was also published.

“Urban hotels have been almost completely empty since the beginning of the pandemic, unlike hotels in the mountains, spas and other tourist destinations. This is another moment in which the State shows its will and strength to help the economy and citizens, because we ensure their survival until better times. The State can and wants to be a partner in the economy, all thanks to the difficult measures that have been implemented since 2014, ”said the Minister of Finance.

He said that the application process is very simple, as was the case with other economic measures previously adopted by the Government, and that the approved subsidy funds will be paid to users in special accounts in dinars opened at the Treasury.

The Finance Minister added that he was proud that unemployment in the second quarter of this year was at the historic level of 7.3 percent, and explained that this measure, among others, is a guarantee that jobs will be maintained.

“Let’s not forget that we pay three minimum wages, we postpone the payment of taxes and salary contributions, we pay 100 euros to all adult citizens and we pay

and 60 percent of the minimum for two months. In addition to those benefits, we also provided loans for liquidity and a guarantee scheme, so the total assistance from the state to the economy and citizens in the previous period was around 5.8 billion euros, ”Mali said.

He recalled that the state reserved 2.6 billion dinars for agricultural production, as well as a one-time aid of 4,000 dinars to retirees, and that the salaries of all health workers were increased by 10 percent.