Hummingbird Tour Msk fined 5 million rubles for sending children to Turkey
A Moscow company involved in sending children on vacation to Turkey, who were then evicted to the streets, was fined 5 million rubles, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
materials of the case on an administrative offense under Part 1 of Article 14.51 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation on tourism), imposed a fine of 5 million rubles on Hummingbird-TOUR MSK LLC,” the message says.
< class="MsoNormal">The basis for initiating an administrative case was the results of an audit by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, during which it was found out that Hummingbird-TOUR MSK LLC is not a tour operator and does not have the right to implement complex tours, and also does not have permits for the provision of children's recreation services . Nevertheless, the company remotely entered into about 90 contracts with the legal representatives of children for the provision of services for children's recreation abroad. As a result, children from different regions of the country with accompanying persons were sent to rest in Kemer, but due to unpaid services by Kolibri-TOUR MSK LLC, they were evicted from the hotel on the night of August 2.
“In the future, they all returned home at the expense of their parents and with the help of the Consulate General,” the supervisory authority emphasized.
This fine is the first precedent for the real application of sanctions for illegal tour operator activities, said Georgy Mokhov, General Director of the Persona Grata legal agency and head of the PCT Legal Affairs Committee. Moreover, this is a serious precedent for the entire market.
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit with the court to block the pages of an Internet site advertising similar tours for the next year. The consideration of this claim and the results of the investigation of the criminal case initiated under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the provision of services that do not meet the requirements of the safety, life and health of consumers), are controlled by the Prosecutor General's Office.
In addition, a criminal case was initiated against the management of the travel company under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet the requirements of the safety, life and health of consumers).
“In fact, this article can now be involved in any consumer conflict with a travel agency, if it turns out that it formed a tourist product without any reason. Moreover, the amount of fines in this article can be huge – up to 10 million rubles,” Georgy Mokhov explained.