Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Minister Rasim Ljajic said today, referring to the damage to tourism due to the coronavirus situation, that by some estimates, foreign currency inflows in the first five months will be less than 220 to 250 million euros.
Ljajic said that, according to caterers and hoteliers, this would be the best tourist year since 1989, as Serbia recorded a 21 percent increase in tourists in the first two months, which is ten times more than last year.
However, now all arrangements have been canceled until June 1st.
“All citizens who received the vouchers can use them until November 20”, Ljajic said, specifying that he would be able to move the travel date, but not the destination.
Ljajic said that in 27 cases irregularities were found, that is, the prices of some products were higher than the prices determined by the government decision, and added that they had been ordered to restore those prices to the previous level.
This applies primarily to lemon, apples, ginger, but also alcohol, protective equipment, masks and gloves.
He added that 905 citizens had called the call center until yesterday, that is, there were so many calls, and the citizens mostly complained about the lack of disinfectants and protective equipment, but also about the higher prices of southern fruits.
“Such situations can create two types of market anomalies, with one stop short of occurring or a black market occurring. For the time being, we do not have either of those two anomalies expressed to some extent”, Ljajic told TV Prva.
According to him, many retailers have limited the quantities you can buy so that in many stores the limit is 5 kilograms of flour, in some stores a potato bag or 2.5 kilograms of onions.
This is limited because, as he explains, small sellers are supplied to large supermarkets and then sell those goods in their stores.
“There are still no major supply problems. There may be a delay in deliveries for goods procured overseas, but for now, traders do not express fears that this could be further complicated”, Ljajic said.
If this trend continues I am sure, concluded Ljajic, that we can maintain this level of supply in our stores, Dnevnik reports.
