Price hikes in hotel gastronom warned

According to him, the Kosovo government must take models from other countries to get out of the crisis. But he has said that much needs to be done by institutions that help citizens and businesses through subsidies.

“We have drastic price increases and normal ones that affect products related to tourist and hotel activities. I think the Government, the relevant ministries, should be more active, more work is required not to catch us unprepared and every learning without preparing us. It's good that models and examples of how other countries are getting out of this crisis are doing well to bring them to us because it's known that Kosovo is what the state is, and it's known that this sector has been the most damaged, and that we have nowhere to go.

This case appeals for the Government to do its best not to hurt businesses because if the entire population is injured. That's why it's good that the models outside, that someone knows how to manage better to bring them here, and manage because there's no here to apologize. Or you have the possibility that” can be subsidized in various forms.

He has added that citizens too are anxious and waiting that will have to cope with price hikes, adding that executive intervention is more than necessary because businesses can move towards collapse.

“The information we have from the ground in a shape is all anxious and waiting. If we have this price hikes, then it is also unequivocal of increased tourism hotel capacities. It's impossible to stand up for that price. Tomorrow, you can take 70 cents to work with your coffee because it's impossible because when you go out and buy and buy. Or bread, meats or salads because all of this affects the increase of” prices.

There's more saws in the nails right now, and we still have this problem. So the government here too needs to intervene so we don't have this problem right now that even this waiting period of business doesn't go to any bigger collapse”.

While Kosovo Gastronomous Association Secretary Arian Vranica has said it would be easier for the gastronomial sector to have TVS of 8 percent active last year to continue this year.

Vranica has added that from the period of 2019 to now according to ATK data about 2 thousand businesses have closed, adding that price hikes are inevitable.

If we look at the ATK-based statistics of how many businesses we had in 2019, there were 8 thousand and 104 registered businesses including zero statements in ATK. And in 2021 we have 6 thousand 195 businesses in gastronomy, so we have about 2 thousand businesses less than he had in 2019, which is a lot of”.

The price upgrade is also being warned by us not because of any agreement or something that is even not allowed under the competition protection laws that are not allowed to increase prices on the basis of agreements. However, price hikes have gradually begun with a need of responsibilities due to the crises that have been followed by the prices of supply and essential products which gastronomy needs to buy and in the case of the sale normally determineed then what is purchased”.

“We've requested the continuation of TVSh for sale of 8 percent which was active last year, because if there are loans in business of ten percent. So if there's a circulation of 100,000 euros instead of giving the state 18 thousand euros, it'll give him $8,000. So with this 10,000 euros there's a very easy possibility to cover the expenses of workers and rents and certainly by maintaining the greater stability of the” prices.

In addition, it added that there must be differentialation of some products to have lower taxes, but it also says they lack workers, reports EO.

The other <x0-Politicals, which should also be one of the differentials of certain products with emphasis on food sales in restaurants that would have to have a lower tax. We've investigated this policy and will propose to the Ministry of Finance. The policies during the pandemic are extraordinary policies, but some of them, of course, are also relevant to the post-independence period that is regulated in many of the countries we can have in the EU and in the region”.

The demand for workers is also extremely large because there has been a break in the chain of workers during the period from the beginning of the pandemic and so far, and their return has been very difficult to enable by businesses. Various policies have to be made to accommodate more workers to stay in our country and remain in the gastronomy sector”.