The Federal tourism Agency has proposed a new package of measures to support the tourism industry

To support the Russian tourist industry need six months to cancel the accrual of benefits to payroll, to establish the deferral of VAT payment, low-interest loans and to introduce other measures, according to the Federal tourism Agency. It follows from the letter signed by the head of Department Zarina Doguzova addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko (with a copy of the reviewed “RG”).

the document’s Authenticity in tourism have confirmed.

according to the letter, resulting in a sharp reduction in consumer demand for tourist services, as well as for implementation of quarantine measures and restrictions on the activities of enterprises in tourism industry, sales in the tourism sector fell by 90-100%.

as a result, the total revenues of turotrasli will, according to preliminary estimates, about 1.5 trillion rubles only for the first half of 2020. Thus, in the tourism industry employs more than 1.6 million people, not counting related industries. Employees of the tourism industry may be under threat of dismissal.

to Reduce the negative effects of the crisis will help the proposed state support measures, which were developed in cooperation with representatives of bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation and the expert community.

In tourism offer refinance loans on preferential terms for investors in tourism and industry, set the calendar year “rent Amnesty”, to recommend to the resource providing to enter a deferment or to reduce the fee for utility payments and other measures.