As the press service of the Ministry of Resorts of the Republic of Crimea reports, at the 10th All-Russian Open Crimea Forum, which will be held in a hybrid format on December 10-11, the participants will talk about the development of resort places and new rules for the hotel services.
Thus, the forum will discuss a pilot project for the development of resort areas in small towns.
"We have a project under the working name Accelerator of Small Towns of Crimea. I hope that next year we will have a pilot implementation of it in several towns. And in the near future we will be able to show the result," explained the Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Republic of Crimea Vadim Volchenko.
Tatyana Zhuravleva, the head of the Center for Urban Competencies of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives emphasized, that creating a comfortable, safe and friendly environment is a necessary condition for the development of any city. According to her, this will not only improve the quality of life of the population, but also maximize the attraction of tourists: "people always want to return to cozy and comfortable places with a developed infrastructure".
In his turn, the honorary president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Sergei Shpilko noted that over six years, starting from 2014, Crimea, as a tourist center, has grown as if in several decades, but the question is whether it will remain a "home" Russian resort territory or it will develop as a modern travel destination. Will there be modern resort places with integrated development of large areas? Participation in the forum will help to answer this and many other questions.
At the same time, during the Open Crimea Forum, new rules for the hotel services in the Russian Federation, which will come into effect from January 1, 2021, will be discussed. Director of the Russian Hotel Association Gennady Lamshin, in particular, will give explanations on some points.
In addition, the speakers will talk about the rating of hotels, tackle upon the theme of resort tax and investment policy in the tourism industry.
According to Maxim Tkachenko, the executive director of the National Center for Public-Private Partnership. PPP projects should be part of complex projects aimed at developing of high-quality tourism products, and should be used in cases where the investor needs additional guarantees from the government or direct financial support.
The Open Crimea Forum is an annual hallmark event for the industry, a comprehensive professional event in the field of tourism, bringing together more than 5 thousand travel industry experts. Registration and the program of the forum are available at http://форумоткрытыйкрым.рф. Each participant on the eve of the event will receive a confirmation by e-mail, and a link that will enable him/her to visit the forum sections.
