early days and minutes before the start of the football championship Euro-2012 counts the giant clock the capital. The unique structure consisting of a giant rectangular dial (size 8 to 2 meters) is set to three-pillar near the main entrance to the KSCA. Perhaps, this watch is urging city officials in the renewal of Kiev. For while, according to experts, they have nothing to boast of.
expected to arrive in Kiev 200-250 thousand fans, not to mention ordinary tourists. Results for them to prepare a 7300 hotel rooms. Directorate General of preparation for Euro 2012 seems already entered into contracts with hotel owners and developers on the 6495 numbers still need 805. However, for the finals of promise to officials, the deficit will be closed with a vengeance - will be at least 9 more, and even more new hotels. Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Ruslan Kramarenko assured the authorities give the "green light" to companies in the construction of hotels and congress halls, development and implementation of tourist routes, event and sports tourism, as well as facilitate the speedy clearance of various permits and land acquisition will accelerate the process.
However, at the round table "Tourist attraction of the city of Kiev", initiated by the city authorities a few months ago, representatives of the Association of Leaders of tourist industry of Ukraine (ALTU) noted: as long as capital is not ready for Euro 2012. Member of the Presidium ALTU Andrei Lukanov believes that the resettlement of immigrants decided to only 15 per cent, is still not clear where they will eat, there is no provision of information, tourist routes and facilities has not yet been certified. Even if you manage to do all the work on time and guests will have more or less decent living conditions, much harder to convince them to come here a second time.
- Before answering the question, whether our capital is ready for Euro 2012, we should find out: and what, in fact, we have from this international sport event? - The chairman of the Standing Committee of Kyiv City Council on Culture and Tourism Alexander Briginets. - If the authorities want to championship yet taken place, and fans can more or less comfortable to sleep, drink vodka and get acquainted with beautiful women - this would be easy. Because of these "beauties" in the capital will be enough for everyone. If we consider this issue in the context of the further development of the tourism industry, it is not okay. Cues all the time claims the status of a tourist Mecca, but more than talk is not going.
What should the government? Make sure that guests want to come back here again. In this sense, the comfort - not the most important factor. For example, people go to look at Pyramids of Egypt, in spite of poor sanitation, lack of hotels, hostility and lack of skilled indentured servants, because they want to see the main attraction of this country. In my opinion, the highlight of Kiev is its unique architecture. If in Europe it has been influenced by Roman Catholicism, we have - the Orthodox faith. Unfortunately, everything is done the opposite. Instead, for example, to preserve the unique territory of Kyiv Fortress (which claims the title of one of the "Seven Wonders of the World"), it is converted to the area of hospitality: the ancient trees are cut down the trees, the ground vbuhali meter diameter piles. Developers assure that only low-rise will be temporary structures. Since the foundation of today is similar to a business center "Sail", I suspect that at the conclusion of the championship buy cheap land for the construction of a tycoon in this place the next "sail." Meanwhile, facilities for servicing tourists who want to place here, could be safely transferred directly to the territory of the Kyiv Fortress, brought from thence a military unit and turning the room into a hotel complex. Then the guests would have left lasting impression of this historic city.
guests could show Kiev as the birthplace of famous cultural figures and scholars - Gogol, Bulgakov, Malevich, Archipenko, Murashko, Wrobel, Sikorsky and others - whom fate has scattered around the world. Pave the trails, to equip a small memorial museum, as guides to invite young graduates of humanities university, knowledge of foreign languages. And not only confined to plaques on the facades of houses.
Unfortunately, the capital of the training program for Euro 2012 is not related to cultural heritage. All issues are addressed without the participation of our commission. To tell the truth, if still not working museum of the history of Kiev! Focuses only on the renovation of hotels, upgrading the facades of old buildings, and often they paint in colors that are far from the historical and cultural traditions.
I think that the ordinary people of Kiev from Euro 2012 will be almost nothing. All the moral and material benefit will be the officials (involved in the championship), and businessmen who are investing today displacement of TI in the infrastructure and "modernization" attractions. Last disturbs me the most. It is known that any investor did just does not, he will always seek to "discourage" means. And that means - scampish attic over old houses, boutiques, instead of grocery stores, business centers in the historic areas ...