RUSSIA: SOCHI OLYMPICS NOW A GHOST TOWN

[konstantingeist]

Sochi's population is 350, 000 people, in 2016 it was visited by 6.5 million tourists. That is how we define ghost towns now?

[marihetten]

seriously? People are trying for several months to book a hotel, because it is really popular place for vacation. Stop lying

[jsk]

Ski resort is mostly empty in summertime? Oh, no! How that could happen?

[abdula]

Propaganda . One of the best destination for many Middle Eastern countries.

[discoever]

It's A RESORT
It's
Go film the hundreds of seasonal resort towns of USA!
Oh and name any Olympic city that maintained the level of business as during the Olympics!!!! The Olympics are two weeks only, it's a temp' event. Who expects any winter Olympic city to maintain peak Olympic business after the Olympics.

[izanagiii]

Fake news...
I'm from Russia (Moscow)
Sochi - beautiful city

[Jhihmoac]

If they pulled in excess of $50B for the 2014 Winter Venue, even though quite a percentage supposedly went into various pockets first, they're NOT about to let all that fall into ruin like Sarajevo, Athens, or Rio...

[rushilsharma]

Russian federation is *dope*
They should host Olympics every week cuz of their *dopeness* .
And I love the fact that Putin doesn't *interfere* with sports. ❤️

[itistime]

Liers! We lived there and it’s not a ghost town, it’s very nice there

[fg]

I surely knew CNN was fake news, but absolutely did not expect them to be THIS shameless. I'm so astounded, I thing I'm gonna give them thumbs up.
If anything, everyone usually complains of TOO MANY people on the slopes. Experienced riders even prefer not to go there on certain dates, because the resort is packed. Like on New Year holidays, Men's day, Women's day, winter break in colleges. Of course it's not as popular in summer, but unlike some other resorts people visit Rosa Khutor anyway because it's really close to the sea and the nature is gorgeous.

[alessandroalena]

I've been exactly in the spot where they're filming and it was stuffed with crowds...

[andrecauselof]

Bull shit-) its hard to rent an appartment, price starts from 37 usd/ night, small appartment around 25-30sq m

[bmatt]

Look at the Russian Troll Army attack in the comments!

[MakovskiyRodion]

I'ts okay situation for Sochi. And Sochi is not the only city what faced this problems. Corruption? maybe... But, today (2017-2018) we have a better situation in a lot of cities of Russia, include Sochi. All what they told in this video is true, BUT!... Only for this particular moment. I advise them to go in Sochi in period from may to october - they are faced with completely differt situation.

[Summer-ltzt]

How tf can anyone even try to claim this as fake? Apparently Russian trolls are infiltrating here, too.

[tinudahiya]

😅😅 CNN IS PURELY FAKE HERE .
I m ready do give interview . I visited sochi 2 times and it was full of tourists . It never empty just change of location . In summer sochi adler is very well crowded and in winter in snowfall just visited karnaya polyana for sking . I m sure u will change your mind .

[crystal_anserem]

LOL even though I am not a putin supporter at all, but I've been there before the Olympics and after. Sochi is a great city, full of tourists (Russian tourists first of all). During the high season time it's very difficult to book a nice hotel there. So this is complete bullshit they are saying.
Also, property in Sochi is extremely expensive (in ghost towns it is never expensive, right?), so it tells about something.

PS I'm not a troll, nobody pays me or anything.