“This is 27 billion rubles in total across the country, including those payments that were made to tourists who were forced to abandon already paid tours,” TASS quoted her as saying.
She noted that this is approximately the estimated damage to the tourism industry in the field of outbound tourism "based on what is happening with the coronavirus, according to the results of the closure of a number of destinations."
Earlier, Lomidze gave recommendations to Russians who bought tickets to Italy and South Korea.