Rostourism head Oleg Safonov may soon resign from his position. Possible reasons cited include failures with the Federal Targeted Program and the Electronic Travel Voucher. The portal reported this. Interfax-Tourism Three sources in the tourism market reported.
According to one of them, "the probability of this happening is 90%," and such a personnel decision may be related to Rostourism's activities in implementing the Federal Target Program, as well as the creation of the "Electronic Travel Voucher" system, which was supposed to be launched on January 1, 2018, but is still in test mode.
A second source confirmed this information and added that Alexey Kasprzhak, head of the Artek International Children's Center in Crimea, may be appointed head of the tourism department. His appointment, according to the source, is being lobbied for by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, who recently became the head of tourism.
A third source connected to tourism confirmed Safonov's departure. According to this source, Mikhail Degtyarev, head of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth Affairs, is a contender for the position of head of Rostourism.
However, no personnel decisions in this area will be made until after the FIFA World Cup. The press service of Rostourism declined to comment on the information about the possible departure of the agency's head.
Source: trn-news.ru