“Abnormal price increases”, up to 100%, predict Turkish hotels in the summer due to the financial and energy crisis in the country. Now the situation is such that the payment for utilities “eats” hotel revenues completely and they quickly go into the red.
“Until recently, the share of energy in hotel spending was 4-8%, now it reaches almost 100%, ie all our income goes to pay. And we do not yet know how prices for electricity and food will increase in the winter, “said another hotel expert, Bulent Zuzer, vice president of the Aegean Association of Tourism and Accommodation (ETIK). According to him, these costs have to be included in the prices – and even at the stage of early booking prices have already increased by 50%. “We are facing a negative reaction from customers, but we also need to save on costs. For example, the cost of storing food has started to rise – in the past, in order to save money, we bought wholesale consignments of food and stored them in freezers – but now the electricity bill will destroy these savings, ”he said.
As a result, according to him, at best in the season prices will increase by 50-60%. But there is a risk and 100% growth.
The colleague was also supported by Rekay Chakir, Chairman of the Board of Sianji Well-Being Resort Kaplıca Bodrum Hotel, who said that in January and February prices had to be gradually increased 20 times. “We signed contracts abroad in November-December and increased their prices by 35% compared to the previous year. At the same time, the shock from the electricity bills has not yet affected our bills. The electricity bill, which amounted to 60,000 in December, amounted to 280,000 Turkish lira in January. There is an abnormal increase. In the high season may come bills worth about 1 million lire. We counted on this year as a year that will allow us to earn – but we see that it will be extremely difficult financially.
Bulent Bulbuloglu, former president of the South Aegean Tourist Hotel and Operator Association (GETOB), is also pessimistic: “The increase in costs does not cover the increase in our sales prices. Hotels in resorts are also affected by soaring food prices. We cannot fully reflect the rise in food and beverage prices in our sales prices. At the same time, there are still discounts for early bookings abroad, and purchases are made on the foreign market with a 25-40% discount, ”he said.
It will be recalled that Ukrainian experts have urged tourists who still want to rest in Turkey to take advantage of the situation and “jump into the last car” of early booking programs – since March, prices are skyrocketing, they say. Read the details at the link.
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