Kremlin stands for actual programs for development of tourism in the Northern Caucasus

Today Krasnodar hosted a meeting chaired by Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev dedicated to the development of Russian resorts. The meeting was
also attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Khloponin,
Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina and Minister of Sport, Tourism
and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko, as well as heads of the regions of South and
North Caucasus districts and representatives of foreign companies.

After receiving the data from Vitaly Mutko that only 59 subjects of the
Russian Federation have developed a tourism program, Dmitry Medvedev has
demanded to develop a realistic program for the development of tourism in
every region of the Russian Federation, stressing that "there should be
mutual responsibility."

The leaders of Dagestan and Ingushetia asked the president to increase the
authorized capital of the "Resorts of the North Caucasus" in connection
with the recent inclusion of these two republics in the program, RIA
Novosti reports. Medvedev instructed the Minister of Economic Development
Elvira Nabiullina to prepare a final report with calculations of how much
money will it take to develop resorts in the two republics.

Nabiullina promised to prepare a report, but added that according to the
preliminary assessment, "the inclusion of Dagestan in this program will
cost about 40 billion rubles from the federal budget alone."

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev supported the presidential envoy to the
North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin on the need to develop
the Caspian coastal area with beach resorts.

The participants of the meeting discussed a wide variety of issues related
to the development of tourism in Russia.