About 20 new hotels to be built in Minsk after IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

20 февраля 2014

This has been announced today by Deputy Head of the Department of Consumer and Hotel Services of Minsk City Executive Committee during an online conference. According to Yuri Natychko, this can be explained by the inflow of tourists to the Belarusian capital. In 2012 alone, Minsk was visited by about 250,000 foreigners.


Today, new Minsk hotels offer free Wi-Fi and dishes of Belarusian cuisine. Meanwhile, it is planned to reduce accommodation prices after the World Championship. 31 hotels are currently operating in Minsk. 12 hotels are supposed to be put into operation by May. Thus, accommodation will be provided to over 9,500 guests.