In the Crimea opened a new selection of subsidies for the tourist business

In the republic, the fourth stage of accepting applications for financial support of the tourism industry began. Subsidies are allocated from the reserve fund of the Russian government, the press service of the Ministry of Resorts of Crimea reported.

The amount of payment is three minimum wage (MW) for each employee of the organization. Individual entrepreneurs working without employees can receive 81,279 rubles.

The subsidy is provided once: it is not necessary to re-submit documents to those who have already received the payment or applied for it in previous stages.

The procedure for providing support and the electronic application form are posted on the website of the Ministry. In the near future, it is planned to publish registers of approved and rejected applications of the third stage.

According to the ministry, the subsidies are designed to increase the sustainability of the tourism business, preserve personnel in the hospitality industry and help pay off tourists who could not use paid vacation due to the emergency regime.

During the first two stages, more than 3.2 thousand applications from tourist enterprises and catering organizations were considered, and the total support amounted to about 3 billion rubles. The third stage started on October 16; it provides up to 150 million rubles.

In addition, the Crimea proposed to expand the list of activities that should be assisted in emergency situations. The initiative, sent to the Russian government, primarily concerns excursions and organizers of cultural events.

According to the ministry, the expansion of support measures will help another 1,500 industry entities. Additional proposals include preferential loans for business recovery, funds for salaries and compensation to entrepreneurs due to cancellation of bookings.