RUSSIA LEAVES AGAIN FOR THE IRON CURTAIN?
RUSSIA LEAVES AGAIN FOR THE IRON CURTAIN?
Tour agencies cannot work, and tourists are afraid to go.
Only two weeks it is necessary to live to the Russian tourism. In
Monday, on February, 11th, comes into force the law "About licensing
Separate kinds of activity ", cancelling licences, on the basis
Which all Russian tour agencies today work. Now, beginning
From this day up to reception of new papers, their job will be
To be considered as the illegal. On idea, firms lose the right to organise
Trips, and the tourists, managed to arrange with their help holiday,
Can not perceive seriously.
To continue the activity, tour agencies are obliged
To renew the documentation according to new requirements on
To separate licensing: on turoperatorskuju (firm, which
Directly agrees with hotels, transport) and
turagentskuju (which buys up already ready trip at
Tour operator) activity. Thus, the branch passes on
New level of responsibility, that first of all to favourably tourist.
In case of what it will be easier to achieve justice.
On new norms turoperatorskuju the company should head
The person with the higher or average vocational education,
Worked in tourism not less than five years; in its staff should
To consist not less than seven employees, to 30 which % are shown
The same requirements, as to their head. It is necessary to all of them not
Less often than an once in three years to confirm the qualification.
All it and more a number of obligatory requirements to performance
It is stated in the corresponding positions ordering the mechanism
Law executions. However positions undergo till now procedure
Acknowledgement in the government and really come into force also 11
February, that is akkurat that day, when existing licences
Become unfit for use. Time is necessary to result firm affairs in
Conformity with the law to collect necessary documents and to hand over them
In Department of tourism Minekonomrazvitija. There, not longer two
Months, should consider and make of them the decision on delivery or about
Refusal in licensing. And tour agencies it is registered much:
In total across Russia - 12200, including in Moscow - 3900, in Sankt -
Petersburg - 573. But, by estimations of experts, really works not
More than half from them.
Naturally, firms in a panic, and their foreign partners in
Bewilderment. The tourism department quickly tries
To minimise undesirable consequences of the brothel arranged
Officials, cancelling days off of the employees, on the own
To the initiative accepting documents and urging on firms. In department
Assert, that lucky beggars will receive papers on same week,
When the law comes into effect. But if to follow its letter -
Supervising bodies can there and then and ask from infringers. And at
Tourists, and without that quite often getting on swindlers, trust to
To organizers of their rest will not increase. Though the deputy minister
Economic development and trade Mr. Strzhalkovsky, supervising
Tourism, assures, that nobody begins to pursue the companies in
Current of two months from February, 11th: both tour agencies, and tourists can
Easy to work and have a rest.
The comment of the expert.
George Mohov, the director of legal agency:
- All over the world lawyers understand: on that the new law has begun
To operate, time is required. And within two months, and that
More in the first days of coming into force of new usages anybody of anybody
Does not pursue. Basically, tax specialists at whom are very much scratched
Hands, can bring to court of the infringer, but in a judicial order
Sanctions will be cancelled. That is infringements are, and to punish for
Them it is impossible.
The tourist legislative scrapes practically will not concern, and
Especially there is nothing to be afraid in this case. A panic round a situation with
Change of licences has arisen because of insufficient knowledge
People: both employees of tour agencies, and their clients. The consumer
Can suffer, for example, in a situation when it has got round, and
It has appeared, that in the absence of the licence at tour operator
The airline has not prolonged the contract to order charter flights or
The foreign partner has suspended job with it.
It is not necessary to contact tour agency, which after two months
Will sit without the licence, thinking, that all who wishes to work, for
This time will be put by the affairs in order, and the others will be eliminated from -
For discrepancies to new requirements.
Svetlana Episeeva.
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