The senators approved the draft law “On Tourism” at the sixth session of the National Assembly of Belarus of the seventh convocation on 28 October, BelTA has learned.

The bill provides for updating and supplementing the conceptual framework in the area of tourism, defining the basic principles, objectives and priorities of state regulation of tourism. It also envisages introduction of ways to ensure performance by the tour operator of the obligations under tourism services contracts in international outbound tourism.

“Tourism is very diverse. We are used to considering only outbound tourism, while inbound tourism is even more important for us, not only in terms of economic development but also in terms of patriotic education and correct understanding of how our country lives. Today we need to develop industrial tourism, so that tourists could see our modern manufacturing capacities. Medical tourism is very popular today. Hunting tourism, both for foreigners and our citizens is popular among men, too,” said chairman of the Council of the Republic's standing commission on education, science, culture and social development Viktor Liskovich.

The senator stressed: “All the potential that our country has should be competently realized in the presentation of our natural, industrial, intellectual capabilities in order to be appreciated by the guests and correctly perceived by Belarusians.”

Written by belta.by