Nizhny Novgorod entered the top 20 cities to which the leading hotel operators show the greatest interest, the press service of the governor and the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod region reports with reference to Cushman & Wakefield.
Following the survey of the largest international and Russian hotel operators, which was held in 20202, Nizhny Novgorod took the 13th place in the ranking in terms of the attractiveness of the opening of new network hotels.
"Nizhny Novgorod is an old city with a rich history, cultural and industrial heritage. It has a developed tourist infrastructure and a favorable geographical position, is attractive to visiting Muscovites and guests of the capital both during special events and on weekends. Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, which has a large-scale collection of Russian art, branch of GMI named A.S. Pushkin - Arsenal, where the main state bonus in the field of modern art "Innovation", the heritage of the All-Russian industrial and artistic exhibition of 1986 - warehouses on the arrow, as well as the Stadium "Nizhny Novgorod", built to the World Cup 2018, embankments with historical Architecture and exciting views of the fusion of the Volga and Okey Rivers - all this annually attracts tourists, "said Sergey Yakovlev Director of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Department of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. "In the Nizhny Novgorod region there are more than 500 collective means of accommodation. In 2020, the hotel business suffered greatly due to a pandemic. Unprecedented financial measures of support were rendered from the government, and we expect that the restoration of this segment in the region will occur at a rapid pace, including due to the increase in tourist flow within the 800th anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod and celebrations in connection with the assignment of the "New Year's Capital of Russia" status "He added.Cushman & Wakefield Analysts offered respondents to estimate the attractiveness of the opening of new network hotels in Russian cities on a scale from 1 (uninteresting) to 10 (very interesting). Rating Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Ekaterinburg and Vladivostok (average points ranging from 8.1 to 10). Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Perm, Krasnoyarsk and Chelyabinsk (medium score from 6.2 to 7.8) were also in the ranking. The twenty Volgograd, Ufa, Kaluga, Voronezh and Samara (from 5.6 to 6 points) were closed.
We will remind, on behalf of the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin at the regional level is being developed for comprehensive support measures for representatives of the tourist business. So, for classified hotels located in the taxpayer builders or premises, the property tax rate from 2.2% to 1% has been reduced. Benefits extended to 2020 and 2021 years.