In Kosovo's hotel sector, 90 per cent remain unemployed

Kosovo Tourist Hotelie Oda Chairman Hysen Sogojeva says that in the hotel sector, irreparable damage to high numbers has been done, while stressing that 90 percent of the workers as a result of pandemic have remained unemployed.

The “is one of the most damaged businesses, we can say at the moment that it is irreparable, unless the Government takes concrete steps. It's over the billion, so it's irreparable damage if it doesn't intervene as soon as possible. This sector includes over 25 thousand workers, and if we talk percentages, we're about 90 percent currently out of the sector. The biggest problem is that the first business is closing those hotels and tourists. Even so, even now this closure hurts many more, but we have appealed and appealed that, first to pass the Economic Resurrection Law, Sogojevo said.

Sogojevo says they have asked the government that no decision be made without consulting in advance with associations representatives, as he says associations well know the current situation in these important sectors.

He shows that representatives of these associations today had a meeting with Health Minister Armend Zemaj to discuss the problems they face.

I just left the meeting with Minister Zemaj. Today, all oddas, both economic and American, gastronomous and others were gathered together and tried to figure out how to act. Kosovo is now assigned to several areas, in areas of color, red color, green color and yellow colour, and those municipalities which are in red colour they are strictly forbidden”, Sogojevo said.

That the situation in the hotel sector is not good at showing even a local manager in Pristina, Xhevat Gogjuffi. He says that 16 people who are dependent on the job are employed in this club, while he says that closures due to COVID-19 will further exacerbate their economic situation.

The masces for us are very heavy because we are 16 workers working here, 16 families. The business situation is also burdened by customers, because they too have difficulties with fear of pandemic, so the situation is very serious and very serious for us as private businesses. I didn't like the closure that it's a very serious condition, it could be inspection and it could do inspection of the bar, but it wouldn't even reduce the schedule. We did a lot of damage reducing our schedule. Not until 1600, not until 8:00, 1118x1...

He says he respected all measures imposed by the Government of Kosovo until he prayed that there should be no closure as a result of the coronary pandemic, since from only this business will remain 16 families without any income.

Goghef has said that if there is an appeal, he and all the staff will go to protest, taking their families with them, only to deliver a message to the Government to have these families in custody, because the demands are too big.

“As far as our club is concerned, we respect the measures, such as hygiene, distance. There were several inspections and they measured tables. Everything's fine, as we're sticking to the masses. We will pray to Government that because of the plight of the situation, 16 families may remain here without employment and income. We all have families and children. Let's see for protest, if organized, I've even thought with the staff about going to protest, taking the kids too, because I want to give the government a message to have families in custody. We're also dealing with difficulties, we've got demand for water, electricity, and we have to get it somewhere.

Otherwise, conditions burdened with pandemics and new anti - massing measures CO VID-19 has today postponed Health Minister Armend Zemaj for a meeting with the leaders of Kosovo's economic, gastronomous and hotelhouses.

He has called their concerns reasonable, saying the recommendations made during this meeting will discuss with Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, so that the measures made by the Government can affect them as little as possible and as easy for all of us.