CTO San Marino “Voucher to be refunded”
As is known, despite some signs of recovery in demand in the first months of this year, once the ban on travel to non-EU countries has been overcome, even the Organized Tourism companies remain in a situation of extreme difficulty, aggravated by the recent Russian conflict – Ukrainian “, reads a note from CTO San Marino” The uncertainty caused by the current situation, a widespread climate of consumer distrust and the decreased spending capacity of Italians and Europeans, as can be seen from recent press releases by OECD and ISTAT, it is causing a sharp slowdown in bookings and has brought the sector back into a state of serious suffering “. goes on. “The resources allocated by the Government to restore the time wasters of 2020 and 2021 are really small and unsatisfactory”. One of the issues continues to shake the sleep of companies as well as entrepreneurs, who recently released the thorny issue of the reimbursement of VOUCHERS issued during the crisis, up to now extended to 30 months by the vouchers. “Soon we will come to the refund of the amounts to consumers, burdening the sector with an unbearable financial tension with unforeseeable consequences” continues CTO San Marino, immediately NEED funding with a 100% state guarantee without temptation and time wasters, the question, already widely used in the course of the pandemic, is about to re-emerge in all its complexity and risks compromising the fragile budgets of many tour operators and travel agencies. Several times the association has requested the implementation of a system for accessing credit with subsidized rates and with a full 100% state guarantee, in the wake of what has been achieved by other European countries, in such a way as to allow customers to regain possession of the sums paid and companies to have an easier period of time to rebuild the cash and return the state funding. There is no more time, time is running out for everyone. For tour operators, who have tried in every way to encourage the use of suspended trips. For agencies, which have to manage the amount of bookings still unused without damaging the confidence of travelers. For the end customer, who has to decide whether to really leave or to wait for more favorable times. We also point out another serious criticality, the insolvencies and the stop taken of the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict which immediately require the establishment of an extraordinary fund to temper the additional time wasters to do to travel agencies and Tour Operators.
Luca Ruco – Head of Press
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