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02.11.2012. What will happen to the National Tourism Agency? Will its funding and functions be changed? The new government doesn’t have specific answers to these questions yet, but statements of the government members make clear that "Georgian Dream" is not going to assign such an importance to tourism as the previous government.
"We, of course, will support the development of tourism, but tourism can’t be either the sole or the main activity because we have more, much more richer and diverse resource," - Bidzina Ivanishvili said in his speech.
Commersant tried to connect with the National Tourism Agency and find out how much the agency’s funding is and whether increase or decrease is planned or change of the agency’s functions. However, we have not received any response from the agency management.
According to the director of the travel company "Travel Tour" Siko Gegiadze, funding should be increased, but if tourism is not a priority for the new government, it is better for tourism industry development.