Bìznes Inform (Sep 2021)
Trends in the Development of Collective Accommodation in the Kharkiv Region in a Crisis
Abstract
The carried out analysis of scientific papers showed that the issue of regional peculiarities of the development of collective accommodation facilities (CAF) in the crisis conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic did not find proper coverage, which justified to the purpose and objectives of this study. The article examines the development of collective accommodation facilities in the Kharkiv region by carrying out a comparison of the main indicators of the related activities in the periods before and after the introduction of quarantine restrictions caused by COVID-19. According to the results of the study, an increase in the number of accommodation facilities in the post-quarantine period both in the Kharkiv region and in Ukraine as a whole is determined. At the same time, comparing the growth rates of the CAF allows to conclude that the enterprises of the Kharkiv region are more resilient than the average in Ukraine. In the period before the quarantine, the growth rate of the CAF of the Kharkiv region corresponds to or exceeds similar indicators in Ukraine. Thus, during 2018-2019 in Ukraine the number of CAF increased by 2.2%, in Kharkiv region - by 9.0%; including hotels and similar accommodation facilities in Ukraine – by 0.4%, in the Kharkiv region – remained unchanged; other accommodation facilities in Ukraine – by 4.0%, in the Kharkiv region – by 20.7%. The introduction of quarantine measures in the face of COVID-19 adversely affected tourist flows, which was reflected in the indicators of the development of the CAF of the Kharkiv region and Ukraine as a whole. In general, as a result of the analysis of the information provided on the sites of the researched accommodation facilities, a conclusion was made about the low level of informing guests about the measures implemented in the framework of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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