Guinea: managers of the hotel sector received by the CNRD
The Covid-19 pandemic has also wreaked havoc in the hospitality industry.
All plead for a lifting of the 10 p.m. curfew (illustrative image).
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In Guinea, consultations with the CNRD are continuing.
The ruling junta, which toppled President Alpha Condé almost three weeks ago, received private school owners as well as officials from the hotel, restaurant and nightlife industries on Wednesday.
For the latter, the situation is particularly difficult since the Covid-19 epidemic.
They let the CNRD members know that.
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With our special correspondent in Conakry,
Sidy Yansané
They were a good hundred at the People's Palace to have responded to the invitation of Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, president of the CNRD.
Managers of hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs first deplored the structural environment in the country for their business, which prevents many of them from operating at full capacity.
Sorya Sorel Bangoura, manager of a hotel establishment, believes that board and lodging are threatened in Guinea: “
When we have orders today, in Guinea, we do not know and we are not secure.
They don't know where to eat, they don't have exit security, they don't know where to stay.
And for us, this sector is as important as life, because it has a direct impact on the population and also on youth employment
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For a lifting of the curfew
The Covid-19 pandemic has also wreaked havoc in the sector.
All are arguing for a lifting of the 10 p.m. curfew, especially since the National Health Security Agency announced a drop in positive cases.
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Overcrowding is more important in the markets and in the workplaces than in the evening,"
confides the spokesperson for the Employers' Federation of Tourism Mamadou Diané.
So we tried to show that we need to ease the curfew, because it stifles the economy and the shortfall is enormous in terms of income, employment and in terms of growth, compared to the gross domestic product. .
"
Pending the establishment of a transitional government, the CNRD is requesting a memorandum to respond to the complaints of professionals in the sector.
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