"Now a program is being formed to support school and youth tourism with partial compensation of the costs of purchasing tourist vouchers for trips to Russia," Chernyshenko's press service quotes TASS.
It is noted that the start of the implementation of this program is scheduled for this summer.
It is specified that funds for the program will be allocated from the federal budget.
Earlier, the vice-president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Yuri Barzykin assessed the situation with external tourism.