“I believe that the creation of a national platform will contribute to the development of domestic tourism, and perhaps we will interact legislatively if additional preferences are needed so that this platform can quickly gain momentum and effectively compete with foreign counterparts,” he said in an interview with Radio 1.

According to him, the system will need government assistance to reach the required level.

Earlier it became known that the government is discussing the creation of a national system for booking travel services and hotel reservations.

Earlier, the chairman of the Committee for the Development of Tourism of St. Petersburg, Sergei Korneev, in an interview with "Nevskie Novosti" spoke about the impact of the pandemic on the tourism industry.