Hotel-keepers in the southern Bulgarian town of Sandanski have claimed compensations in the amount of 180,000 levs for the losses incurred by the blockades of the Greek farmers at the border crossings with our southern neighbor. Maria Taushanova, secretary of the local association of the hotel and restaurant keepers and tour operators, said that the sum is just one-thirtieth of the actually incurred losses and future earnings. Only a small part of the booked night-stays were fulfilled during the Greek farmers? blockade, mostly by tourists who arrived by train.
According to Mrs. Taushanova, proving the hotel-keepers? losses is a difficult and complicated process, but the Greek farmers? protests certainly had a negative effect on tourism in Sandanski. Besides incurring significant losses to tourism industry in the town, the blockades created a feeling of insecurity in the guests of the southern town, and many of them are not sure if they will come back ever again.
Source: standartnews
