“According to the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism of the republic, for eight months of 2021, tourist flow to Crimea exceeded the record for the entire post-Soviet period of 2019 by 24%, reaching 7.2 million by the end of summer, while over the whole of 2019, 7 rested in Crimea. , 4 million tourists ", - he wrote on his page in the social network" VKontakte ".

The head of the Crimea noted that, despite the high rates of the holiday season, hotels and sanatoriums worked without serious violations.

"The average occupancy of operating accommodation facilities in August 2021 exceeded 82%, in some regions the average occupancy rate exceeded 90-95% ... Hotels and sanatoriums worked without serious violations, preventing outbreaks of a new coronavirus infection," he added.

Earlier, Kryminform reported that Simferopol airport has served 5 million passengers since the beginning of 2021.