ArmInfo. The hotel business continues to incur losses due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Armenia Susanna Safaryan at a March 30 press conference, many hotels in Armenia are almost mothballed due to the lack of tourists.
Meanwhile, Safaryan informed that a number of hotels went to mutually beneficial cooperation with the state, providing their premises to isolate citizens who have had contact with coronavirus patients. In this case, the hotel is rented as a whole for the needs of both isolated citizens and medical staff. At the moment, hotels located in Yerevan, Tsaghkadzor and Dilijan with 50 or more rooms are invited to such cooperation. Representatives of the hotel sector interested in this offer can provide price information to the Tourism Committee.
According to Safaryan, it is possible that in the future hotels with less than 50 rooms will be invited to such cooperation.
As noted, all hotel rooms that are quarantined are periodically disinfected. This means that living in these rooms does not pose a threat to health and, accordingly, cannot in the future undermine the flow of tourists who may be afraid of settling in "quarantine" hotels.
