Within the days of Saint Petersburg in the Republic of Tatarstan in the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Tourism the meeting was held between the chairman of committee Sergei Ivanov and his deputy Yekaterina Barabanova with the chairman of the Development Committee for Tourism of Saint Petersburg Andrei Mushkaryov, chief of administration of the vice governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Kokorin, general director of the state public institution ‘City tourism and information office’ of Saint Petersburg Yevgeny Pankevich and others. General director of the autonomous non-commercial organization ‘Directorate of sports and social projects’ Azat Kadyrov, management chief of arrangement of championship “WorldSkills” in 2019 in Kazan Emil Gubaidulin, general director of the limited liability company ‘Tourism and information center of Kazan city’ Natalya Abramovich and others took part in this meeting as well.
On the agenda of the meeting there were several points: discussion of cooperation in the area of tourism between the city of Saint Petersburg and the Republic of Tatarstan, instruments and methods of influence on the tourism industry with regard to compilation of data, quality control and auditing named ‘Hidden guest/call’, sharing experience with the representatives of the Tourism and information center of Kazan etc. During the event particular attention was paid to the sharing of experience with regard to preparation of Kazan for performing of the international championship WorldSkills in 2019 – the big presentation telling about the movement of WorldSkills, organization peculiarities and about Kazan’s application for this championship was introduced to the guests. Following the results of the meeting it was decided to work in cooperation for a larger sharing of experience in future.