Frozen Tourism

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   With the temperature is down to 20 degrees below zero the consumption of hot tea and coffee in Moscow travel companies has increased. ‘It is not really comfortable to work these days. Firstly, it is cold. Secondly, our tourists in cold weather are as passive as they are when it is hot. All there desires are frozen’, said Tatiana Vand, General Director of the Vand International Group to a BANKO correspondent.
   Furthermore, the cold weather has caused problems for Lanta Tour Voyage. ‘We planned to have a master-class in Ufa. I do not know now if our representatives will arrive to Ufa in time as due to the weather their flight was delayed. It is important that cold weather does not affect demand’, said Oksana Lokteva, Marketing Director of Lanta Tour Voyage.
   According to the weather forecast such weather will continue in Moscow at least until Friday - which will be the coldest day of the week at 34 degrees below zero. On the 17th of January in Moscow the list of those who will suffer from emergency power cuts during the bad weather was published. Power cuts will hit non-vital infrastructures first. Outdoor advertising objects, non-food markets are the first on the list. Construction sites follow them. Recently, trading on the Moscow Stock Market has been suspended due to Mosenergo warnings about possible blackouts.