One of the largest tour operators of St. Petersburg "Solvex-tour" announced the suspension of their activities, said the press Secretary of the Russian Union of travel industry Irina Tyurina. According to her statement, abroad at the moment are 9 thousand travellers buying tickets to this organization.
With all this in PCT assured that capital tour operator "Solvex-travel" is working in the normal mode, for the St. Petersburg operator this company connects exclusively to the brand.
Most travelers Petersburg "Solvex-tour stay in Greece and Bulgaria. Another 8.5 thousand people bought tickets, make plans to go to the beginning of next year.
As announced by Director of tour Tamara Chalecki, words which leads Tyurin, difficulties with returning to the Motherland for travelers who find themselves in Bulgaria, should not arise. "Stop the activities of the operator will not affect travelers who until September 26, inclusive, must fly to Bulgaria for Bulgaria Air flights. These flights paid for, and the placement also takes Solvex Bulgaria", - is told in the news of the PCT.
The financial responsibility of the tour operator in the amount of 400 million rubles guarantee 3 insurance companies. A large part of Ascent" (300 million rubles), 20 million rubles security provided by the insurance company "Avesta" and 30 million rubles - VSC.
As we informed the Melbourne Herald sun last summer with the economic difficulties faced a number of firms operating in the tourism market. The inability to observe the assumed promise before the visitors declared Petersburg tour operator Company Neva"firm "wind rose of the World"tour operators "Expo-Tour", "Ideal-Tour", "Labyrinth", group of companies "Inter"tour operator "Nordic Star"travel Agency "Subgutturosa"tour operator "Wind stranstvo"travel Agency "the Formula of a good rest," tour operator "Etude", Bryansk "Milan tour and travel company "Atlas".
In connection with the situation with the Russian tourism industry, the government decided in an emergency order
to prepare new laws for its regulation. The head of the Ministry of culture Vladimir Medinsky said that to adjust the market travel industry decided to form a separate register of travel agencies. With all this civil servant eliminated the possibility of returning to the practice of licensing touroperators in the Russian Federation. "It will add to the headache of the licensing authority, will undoubtedly create additional messages for corrupt activities, in General, in fact, it is a step backwards," he said.
Vladimir Medinsky previously among other things promised that all cases of fraud operators will be disclosed, reports "Interfax". Criminal cases of fraud were filed after revision 5 travel agencies - "Labyrinth", "the rose of the winds of the World", "Ideal-tour", "Neva" and "Expo-tour". The investigation suspects that these firms worked on the principle of the economic pyramid, and their management kidnapped paid by the clients funds.
Previously 2 top-Manager of "Labyrinth" and "Ideal tour" - Sergey Azarov and Michael Shamans were in absentia
arrested and declared internationally wanted by the complaint of fraud. Indicators of the same offence prosecuted on criminal economic operations conducted by the company "Nordic Star".
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