"Azokra a strandokra nem mennek turisták; kevés a szálloda."

Translation: Tourists do not go to those beaches; there are few hotels.

[SedatKlc]

do we have to add van to second sentence?

[Hulk014]

You can either say "Kevés a szálloda" or "Ott kevés szálloda van".

[vvsey]

Actually "kevés" is the predicate here. It describes the hotel. "A szálloda kevés." Only, the word order has been changed. So, since this is present tense, third person, making a statement about the subject, there is no "van".

Én kevés vagyok.
Te kevés vagy.
A szálloda kevés. - no "van" here

Mi kevesek vagyunk.
Ti kevesek vagytok.
A szállodák kevesek. - no "van". But this is not really used this way. One would rather say "Szállodából kevés van". It is because "kevés" denotes an amount/quantity, and that requires special handling.

If we used a "normal" adjective, it would be more regular:

Én piros vagyok. - "piros" = red
Te piros vagy.
A szálloda piros. - no "van" here.

Mi pirosak vagyunk.
Ti pirosak vagytok.
A szállodák pirosak. - no "vannak" here.

The above is not to be confused with "Kevés szálloda van." where "kevés" is only an adjective of the noun, it is not the predicate, so we need a predicate, a verb: "van".

For more information, check the discussion that was had in the reverse exercise:
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/17228519

[Tielbert]

But there's no van here

[JohnWeber786406]

So......
kevés szálloda = few hotels
kevés a szálloda = there are few hotels?

[-dayman-]

"the hotels are few" should be good, no?

[RyagonIV]

It captures the meaning well, but English doesn't like sentences like this. :´)

[Joachim734726]

I used a comma instead of semicolon. Is that enough wrong to reject as incorrect?

[JohnWeber786406]

I'd report it.

[Hubinou]

Tourists are not going to those beaches; there are few hotels.

Is rejected.

I don't understand why sometimes a simple present is accepted but not a present continuous, sometimes it is the opposite and sometimes both are accepted. OK, I know the british usage but here, the point is not on the congugation !

[RyagonIV]

The reason is simple: this course is still in beta and there are many possible translations missing in the database. Please report any you deem fitting. :)

[Tamas_]

Tourists are not going to those beaches, there are few hotels?

[RyagonIV]

Yes, that's good.