Rosturizm transferred to the direct subordination of the government of the Russian Federation

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the Federal Agency for tourism (Rosturizm) transferred from the Ministry of economic development of Russia under the direct authority of the Russian government.

“to Establish that the work of the Federal Agency for tourism by the government of the Russian Federation”, — TASS quoted the text of the document.

In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Tourism Agency will have functions of elaborating and implementing state policy and normative regulation in the sphere of tourism and tourist activities, coordination activities for the implementation of priority directions of regulation of tourist activity, as well as the functions of state supervision over the activities of tour operators and Association of tour operators in outbound tourism, said the RIA Novosti.