“Crimea, like any southern region, is building its economy around tourism, but now it is not there,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti Crimea.
According to experts, the republic has a chance, which is associated with the geographic isolation of the region. This is a chance to create a territory free of coronavirus, the so-called "clean zone", he explained.
According to Nikitchenko, it is possible to organize rapid testing, for example, at airports in large cities, from where tourists fly to the peninsula, as well as on Taman or in the Kerch area.
Earlier, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, did not rule out that the holiday season in the Crimea may not take place.
The vice-president of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Dmitry Gorin, in an interview with NSN, commented on measures to support the industry.