Hotel boom in Petersburg. Dream or a reality?
Hotel boom in Petersburg. Dream or a reality?
In April of this year there was an order of governor N 70 "About
Measures on support of the investors who are carrying out building and
Reconstruction of objects of a hotel and tourist infrastructure
St.-Petersburg ". The commission on the control over realisation is created
Investment projects in this sphere. About in what she is engaged and
What faces problems, the assistant has told
The chairman of the commission the chairman of committee on tourism and development
Resorts of city administration Valery GOLUBEV.
- In a portfolio of the commission more than hundred concrete addresses in the different
The areas of a city recommended for an investment of means in the hotel
Business. If we say, that hotels are necessary to a city, it is necessary accurately
To represent, where also what class as the future objects will be
Are co-ordinated to transport networks, objects of a food.
Happens, that the most interesting ground areas even in
City centre are used irrationally. Our problem -
To clear away road before the investor, wishing to bring the contribution in
Development of a tourist infrastructure.
- How it looks in practice?
- On a way of the potential investor who has come with most
Good intentions, as a rule, arise very difficult
Organizational, legal questions. We will admit, hotel building
In city centre it is connected with building major repairs, change
Its status, moving of citizens, disputes between city and
Federal proprietors. To the person from the party without assistance
The authorities of different level such problems to solve independently
It is practically impossible.
And the commission includes representatives of all committees having
The relation to the investment policy. We sit two times in
Month. At working off of the concrete address in reports are fixed
Commissions to members of the commission, the control over them is organised
Execution. As a result for short time the necessary arrives
The information which the investor can use.
- You could give an example any of the difficult
Cases?
- Very attractive address for the investor Neva, 167, -
Street Telezhnaja, 32 - 34. But buildings are occupied by the enterprise
Federal submission - a motorcade of the Ministry of Defence.
Whether a place to similar establishment in a historical part of a city? The answer
It seems obvious. However the representatives invited to the commission
The Ministry of Defence insisted that they here remain because
So was always. It was on closer examination found out: the ground
The site in the federal property is not issued.
The motorcade occupies the areas as rent. That is on
The termination of terms of rent on this place on competition can come and
Other applicants.
Here today there is a demand from the investor on the big ground
Site under the Kamennoostrovsky prospectus, 66 where begins
Leaky building. This good place for the hotel
Complex.
- But to the named address the tubercular settles down
Clinic, establishment for inhabitants very necessary.
- The regional administration looks for another for a clinic
Premise. This problem can be really solved without damage to
Townspeople.
- On the same Petrograd party of an eye makes callous the hotel
Long-term construction on river Karpovki quay. What destiny
Distressful "Northern crown" where tens are already enclosed
Millions dollars?
- "Northern crown" is under construction since 1989. Expenses, of course,
Have already exceeded the standard. Today there is an administrative office decision
The president to get this object and to the 300 anniversary of Petersburg
To complete. As hotels, planes, the bases of rest entering in
Structure of management of the president are used and as tourist
Objects eventually the city will have high quality hotel
On 600 places, though and being in the federal property. In
Present time goes procedure of bankruptcy of last joint-stock company, which
Is the owner of hotel. Management of the president as I understand,
namereno to redeem object for real money. On the preliminary
To estimation, for building end "Northern crown"
It is required about 9 million dollars.
As a whole hotel fund of Petersburg for the next decade
Should be increased not less than five times. The forecast is based on
The general situation of development of tourism on a global scale.
- Difficult in it to believe if to be guided by current rates
Buildings. This year by the end of summer have opened only one
New hotel - "Reddisson SAS Rojal" on Neva, 49/2. Whence
The confidence, what position radically will change?
- Last ten years the building companies were engaged
Habitation. Today the habitation market is generated, new apartments already
Uneasy to sell for the good price. Before investors has arisen
Problem of the most effective investment of means. From the building
The companies offers not completed apartment house arrive or
Business centre to reorientate in apartament-hotel, hotel. That
Is objectively there has come building and reconstruction time
Hotels. And real increase in tourist streams - a guarantee,
That from the enclosed investments there will be a return.
If to speak about peak of a tourist season, city possibilities
Are settled. What, for example, was this summer? Even hotels
Average level refused to the large tourist companies on
To the congestion reason for hundred percent.
- About an anniversary of a city, by the way, remains not so much
Time. And if qualitative jerk in this area in the nearest
Years all the same will not occur?
- The city budget will annually lose incomes, which
Simply underfoot lay. A gain of taxes in the city budget from
Large hotels for last years has increased several times. But
It is not enough of them! Tourism - branch not zatratnaja, and profitable. On
Efficiency of investments of investments to tourism can compete
Only the market of new technologies. It concerns not only developments
Hotel business, but also all elements of tourism infrastructure,
Which at us while on a low level.
- It at once you feel, when you come back home from
Foreign travel. Such contrast...
- The international airport any more does not cope with loading.
"Pulkovo-2" it is calculated on accepting in a year of 800 thousand
Passengers, and this number is real reaches 1,5 million persons. When
Almost at a time in the middle of day seven land
Planes - there such chaos... At visitors at once arises
Negative impression. Where we have arrived? It is large
The European city about which to us spoke?
Kruiznye vessels are moored, anywhere. To cargo moorings,
Directly to river coast. Tourists jump through lawns to sit down in
The bus. At the same time the Marina in Harbour Vasilevsky
Islands costs in desolation. Inside ruin, a dirt.
On each of these problems job is conducted, a number is formed
Special coordination councils. For example, one of them - on
To development sea kruiznogo, river kruiznogo and ferry
Messages.
Today to Petersburg on the rivers arrives to 200 kruiznyh courts in
Year. Float from Moscow in northern capital and back, to Valaam, in
Kizhi. Internal resources of the Northwest are actively involved.
The ministry of transport a task in view till 2003
To open a ferry communication. First of all between Petersburg and
Helsinki. Further between Petersburg and Germany, between
Petersburg and Stockholm. The tendency of development ferry kruiznogo
Tourism it is obvious. In this area there is a job on several
To projects...
Emma Belenkova.
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