Russian President Vladimir Putin has transferred regulatory functions in the tourism sector to the Ministry of Economic Development, Interfax reports.
“Transfer the functions of developing and implementing state policy to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation "The decree, published on Monday on the legal information portal, states that the presidential decree "is responsible for the coordination of activities to implement priority areas of state regulation of tourism in the Russian Federation, as well as for the implementation of state supervision of the activities of tour operators and associations of tour operators in the field of outbound tourism."
"To establish that the Federal Tourism Agency is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation," the statement noted.
"Clause 10, insofar as it pertains to the transfer of functions for coordinating the implementation of priority areas of state regulation of tourism activities in the Russian Federation to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, is declared invalid," the decree states, in particular.
Source: trn-news.ru