Tourism in the Czech Republic is at a standstill. Prague reports a decrease of 94 percent
The number of accommodated foreigners decreased by almost 96 percent and domestic guests by more than two thirds in the period under review. In connection with this, domestic accommodation establishments also recorded fewer nights spent by foreign and Czech guests. Foreigners spent 96.2 percent less in hotels or boarding houses than a year earlier and Czechs almost 67 percent less.
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Among the Czech regions, the drop in attendance hit the capital the most, where from April to the end of June the number of accommodated guests decreased by 93.6 percent and the number of none recorded in accommodation establishments by 94.9 percent. Over a million nights were also missing from accommodation providers in the Karlovy Vary region, and the number of visitors to collective accommodation establishments fell across the board, but in all regions, statistics said.
Only a quarter of the guests in the spa
The coronavirus crisis did not escape the spa either. According to the CZSO, spa accommodation establishments had only a quarter of the number of visitors, their services were used by 57,000 guests, most of whom, 51,000, were from the Czech Republic. Thus, the number of Czech visitors staying in spas decreased by 61.5 percent and foreigners by 94.1 percent year-on-year.
The first cases of coronavirus infection occurred in the Czech Republic in early March, and shortly afterwards the government took preventive measures against the spread of the virus, which included the closure of restaurants, cinemas, shops, a ban on the sale of accommodation services and travel restrictions. Gradually, he began to release them from mid-May.
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Due to restrictions on movement, the number of foreign tourists from all monitored countries decreased in the Czech Republic. With the exception of Slovakia, some of their arrivals and overnight stays are more than 90 percent. The drop in attendance from Slovakia was 84 percent. In addition, according to the CZSO, German tourists, who before the coronavirus pandemic formed one of the most numerous groups of visitors in the country, stayed in the Czech Republic 91.2 percent less than a year earlier, namely 50,000.
In Prague, the number of tourists fell by 94 percent
Due to the coronavirus crisis in Prague, the number of tourists has dropped drastically. In the second quarter, only 138,187 people stayed in hotels, guesthouses and campsites in the capital, which is 93.6 percent less than a year ago. Due to closed borders and travel restrictions, mainly foreign visitors, who used to make up the majority of guests in Prague’s accommodation facilities, did not come. The number of nights people spent in the Czech capital fell by 94.9 percent to 255,652.
According to statistics, Prague is the most affected region in the whole country in terms of the drop in traffic. However, attendance at collective accommodation establishments decreased during April, May and June in all regions. In the first quarter, over a million foreign and domestic tourists came to Prague.
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While in the capital they had previously thought about visiting from abroad, in the second quarter they made up the majority of tourists from the Czech Republic. The number of foreigners in accommodation establishments in Prague decreased by almost 98 percent year-on-year, with 45,730 arriving. The number of nights they spent here fell by about the same share to about 91,400.
The decline was lower among domestic tourists. Visitors from other regions decreased by about 70 percent in Prague to 92,457. The number of nights they spent in the city was over 164,200, which is also about 70 percent less than in the same period last year.
Sales in services fell by almost a fifth in the second quarter
Provisions to Czech providers fell by 19.8 percent in the second quarter, seasonally adjusted. It was the sharpest decline since 2005. From April to the end of June, airlines, accommodation providers and travel agents saw a drop in sales of more than 80%.
Excluding effects, they fell by 19.7 percent. “This fulfilled the effect of the restrictions related to the coronavirus crisis,” said Marie Boušková, director of the CZSO services statistics department. “Sales growth was recorded in only a few industries, such as telecommunications or postal and courier activities,” she added.
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Revenues from hospitality and catering establishments fell by about half. In accommodation facilities, they even fell by four-fifths.
Restrictions due to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic also had a negative impact on carriers’ finances. Most, by more than 86 percent, fell in air travel. Shipowners find halved. In land and pipeline transport, statistics recorded a decrease of 22.9 percent.
Travel agencies fell by a tenth
In administrative and support service activities, they fell by more than 36 percent. It was most pronounced in travel agencies, which succeed in falling to about a tenth of last year. Employment agencies found out by more than a third.
In real estate, they are down 5.6 percent. In professional, scientific and technical activities, they fell by more than 15 percent.
Quarter-on-quarter, it is used in services in the second quarter after adjusting for seasonal effects by a decrease of 14.4 percent. The decline compared to the first quarter affected all service sectors.
Fewer tourists, more vacant apartments. In Prague, they are short-term leases