In fact, experts instantly singled out the main topic in President Putin's speech at the Presidium of the State Council on the issue "On the development of tourism in the Russian Federation".
And this is not quite a revolutionary announcement of new tourism clusters.
And certainly not the "decisions on snowmobiles" that the president, on the initiative of the Kemerovo governor, instructed to implement directly during the State Council.
And not even that, in response to the tightening of the issuance of "Schengen" for Russians, Putin, on the contrary, proposed to open the doors to all tourists from unfriendly countries and speed up the introduction of so-called electronic visas: the latter, despite the seeming sensationalism, is generally quite in the spirit of Vladimir Vladimirovich .
Yes, and we have absolutely nothing to hide here in recent years, unlike Europe, where the standard of living is only falling.
It has become very expensive for Europeans to travel abroad,
No, the faces of some of those present changed quite noticeably just at the moment when the president proposed, in a milder way, to change the priorities of tourism.
And put at the forefront the interests of not economic entities, but end consumers.
That is, in fact, us, ordinary tourists and vacationers.
Here's what's the matter.
In any industry - even in banks, even in tourism, at least somewhere - always and according to all standards, the activity of the enterprise itself (it is also a “economic entity”) as a business is considered a priority - and it is clear how to “count” it (financial flows, etc. .).
How the interests of the consumer are “considered” - manuals and instructions simply do not exist in nature now, by what criteria they will evaluate the activities of the tourism industry in this direction - no one knows about.
For the industry, this is a real revolution, this has never happened before, and how officials and entrepreneurs should act here, including how to report on the work done, is a very big question.
Especially when you consider that the president this time, as in general lately, was rather unpleasantly specific.
Primorye, the Caspian, the Baltic, the Black and Azov (it is possible that taking into account the newly acquired territories) seas.
Dot.
And for the mandatory "all-weather".
What is especially indicative of the project for the revival of the Kayakent resort area in the Caspian Sea is that in Soviet times the health resort was considered one of the best in the country.
Near the ancient Derbent, which means there are no problems with the excursion program.
And if you add to this also balneology and unique therapeutic mud, then here it is for you and “all-season”.
You just need to put your hands and head on.
And by the way, decisions on the construction (not for sale and not for outbound, but for the most domestic and inbound tourism) of at least 140 (!) cruise ships of the “river / sea” class (!), Long overdue , and overripe, with our great rivers from the Lena and the Amur to the Volga and the Pechora, they are also terribly specific.
It can be considered that the state order has almost been issued.
This means that there will be evaluation criteria for changing the priorities of the industry towards “consumer interests” have been developed.
This is what is called "living in a new environment."
And from such a sharp change in the agenda, any normal leader involuntarily runs a chill down his back.
Especially if the president promises to approach the problems of the industry "from the point of view of common sense."
What, in particular, we will definitely talk about tonight, at 18:00, on Sputnik radio in my author's program of the same name.
In the meantime, let's just join the words of the Russian president, who stated very dryly and pragmatically that "it is necessary to make sure that Russian citizens can visit traditional health resorts, resorts, relax by the sea, get acquainted with the capital cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg - and other cultural and historical centers of Russia, with unique nature, including the nature of the Far East and the Russian North "(c).
And it is impossible not to agree with this, and in general it is somehow rather stupid not to understand.
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