A decree of the President of Azerbaijan formed the Tourism Council, the head of which is the Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev.
Members of the Council are the head of ASAN Khidmet Inam Kerimov, the Director of the State Civil Aviation Administration Arif Mammadov, as well as deputy heads of many ministries and state committees.
In general, the Council includes 18 people.
The Council is a collegial body on a voluntary basis, which is designed for the analysis of the current situation in the tourism sector in the country, the appropriate measures to address the existing problems, and the activities of state bodies in this sphere.
The objective of the Council is to prepare areas for tourism development, analysis of the situation and proposals to the President for the rapid solution of problems, proposals to improve the legislative framework regulating mechanisms in the tourism sector, suggestions to promote tourism in the regions and others. -----71D
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