The 12th conference of Russian Tourism Association opened on 13 of October in Saint-Petersburg. Delegates and guests, all together more than 600 people, gathered  in Smolnij. Sessions are held in historical White Hall. The conference takes place in a quite complicated business environment so mutual decisions about  how to work and to live should be taken.

The first day of Russian Tourism Association conference closed with the presentation titled «Tourism Sector under New Economic Environment. Saint-Petersburg Experience».

Today the session of the presidium of the Ministry of sport, culture and youth affairs was held in Moscow.