To Prague only for cheap dishes. Vtina tourists in the city of mistakes, also because of the wolf
Thursday evening, Nrodn Street in the center of Prague. The city, which in the pre-covid years was full of tourism, is now a peaceful sleepy face on the periphery. The gardens of the restaurants are only half full, the interior of the business is then empty.
For a while, it looked like the post-covid situation was getting worse, but it wasn’t. He is quite poor, for the sake of one of the companies. While the two, according to their own words, needed a traffic light to get to the tables on the other side of the sidewalk, now there is no one to bump into. The joy of it, though. We are bored here. Outside of lunch, there’s nothing to do, just shrug.
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According to him, the reason why the demand for covid restrictions did not return to the old college is mainly related to the wolf to Ukraine. It’s a big thank you that there are no Russians here. They were the first to make up 70 percent of the clientele, l. I have tourists from Germany and you from Great Britain coming to Prague, neither they nor the house will save the situation.
I confirm the situation even for ten meters long, in a restaurant located just a short distance from Staromstskho nmst. Out of the capacity of the hundred cities, about ten guests can only swim in the garden. the woman, who is only a little older than me, sits on the couch and goes to her cell phone. Have you seen the entire premises? asks one of the women in response to the question whether this poet is a guest bn for her. The two were full and open, added.
He also connects the name of the poet Zazkan with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, according to him, mistakes are also corrupt. There were also guests there, but during the day… people like to buy beer and drink it at home, k. According to him, the entire field of gastronomy is suffering now. And it won’t get any better, he estimates.
But the situation does not only affect restaurants and hotels. According to the seller from the next door, he too feels a sharp drop in demand. It’s about fifty percent, not two. The Europeans were fiddling around, having bachelorette parties and so on. But don’t take people from Asia, Russia and Ukraine for granted. Not even American power, shrug.
Incomes rise, investments increase
that it is not just about subjective impressions of how many companies there are, the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of the Czech Republic (AHR R) also confirms. In terms of income, the entrepreneur has definitely not reached the level of the times before the pandemic, confirms the president of the association Vclav Strek.
As for restaurants, the situation is slowly improving. Here, the total in the summer period is higher than it was in previous years, and thus the ratio of need in this period to the total income is increasing, Strek added. Summer revenues represent no more than 40 percent of the total needs of restaurants.
And loans are rising only slowly, investments, on the contrary, have risen sharply. The hotel and restaurant association noted that in the first half of this year alone, they grew by a quarter. Currently, electricity prices are rising due to this. The prices of accommodation and catering services, however, have not included energy savings. As for hostel prices, the increase in roughly 70 percent of the market represented a return to prices from 2019, he claims.
The average price of a 2-hour hotel in Prague reached 92 euros (2,273 CZK), in 2019 it was 91 euros (2,248 CZK). The actual investment will therefore only start to be reflected in the prices sometime from this year, he noted.
To Prague for the night
For a long time, tourists from Western European countries saw Prague as a cheap destination suitable for bachelorette parties and other celebrations. Unlike my current health care, their outlook has not changed. The streets are always full of Dutch, British and German people at these hours. Relatively yes, answer two young Danish women sitting on a bench in front of a bar in the center of Prague to the question whether they like Prague cheap. The first price was the main reason why they chose the Czech Republic. The fact that non-consolidated airlines started selling tickets first on Letit Vclav Havel also played a role.
They also drank here with one goal. Relax and enjoy your life. Others, if they answer the question about prices, immediately have their own question: Where to go for a good techno party in Prague? Best to go today. The business they were in the previous day did not satisfy them. Apart from them, it was empty there.
Expensive? No, a little. I’m from Milno and it’s similar to us in big cities, the answer to the same question is an Italian in his twenties standing at the bar of one of the restaurants in the center. Travel Europe by train with your friends using an Interrail pass. Zdret is only filled for two days, then I have to go to Germany.
According to Strek from the Hotel and Restaurant Association, Prague is a cheap destination suitable for the work of Dr. According to him, with the removal of covid barriers to travel, this trend will increase again. The problem is seen in the provision of accommodation in apartments designed for long-term care. Proposals for a logical regulation of this apartment business, which often moves in the direction of the economy, were repeatedly rejected in the House of Representatives. This is the main risk for Prague, he explained, because for many foreigners, Prague is synonymous with cheap clothes.
Ride young, stay home old tourist
Young tourists have one mistake for the tourist industry. Stand first for bars and clubs, not monuments. As long as the guide Andrea Roselli from the company Guide Praha, which provides tourists with commented tours of Prague, boat trips or flights along the esque.
As for tours, they are about a fifth compared to the years before covid. The clientele was pampered. Old people were encouraged to travel, especially young people. And you don’t have to comment on tours. When you go to explore the city, it’s better to get advice from the Google search engine rather than from a guide.
A family bought a crown from us for a drive around Prague, then a flight to Krumlov, Kutn Hora and Karlovy Vary. Today buy one vc and nothing vc.
Andrea Roselli, Guide Prague
The tourist over fifty, two of whom we had the most, are not here. Besides, people from New Zealand or Australia don’t come, don’t come to America, the people from Spain have decreased, the Italians are slowly waking up. But it cannot be compared to what was before covid, said Roselli.
Don’t be a tourist anymore. A family bought two with us to drive around Prague, then fly to Czech Krumlov, Kutn Hora or Karlovy Vary. Today he bought one vc and nothing vc, said Roselli. The company therefore had to limit the number of books offered. While tourists could choose two out of 25 tours, now there are five on offer. In the past, the company used twenty leaders a day, today they employ a hundred. Of the ten leaders who worked with the two of them, we have twelve, the woman remarked.
And many do not want to be swayed by marriage, seeing in it an uncertain future. Many leaders were teachers, so they left to work in colleges or offices. This reception is worth water for him today. Some have started to do the trick, but it’s so temporary, nothing, added Roselli.