Agroecotourism will help revive a small village - A. Tozik

April 8, Novopolotsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Agroecotourism can help revive the Belarusian village. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Expert and Coordination Council for Tourism under the Council of Ministers Anatoly Tozik. The meeting of the IEECC, chaired by him, was held in Novopolotsk today, BELTA correspondent reports. "Through tourism, we can give a second life to small villages," the Deputy Prime Minister said after the chairman of the public association "Rest in the Village" Valeria Klitsunova spoke about how the owners of agroecotourism estates show initiative and buy abandoned houses in remote villages to develop tourism business there. "Agrotourism is our unique feature," Anatoly Tozik emphasized. Over five years, thanks to the state support measures taken, 1247 rural estates have been created in the republic. This business should be further developed and supported, he added. -0-