An agritourism resort is planned to be created in the Braslav district

July 29, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. An agro-tourism resort is planned to be created in the Braslav district of the Vitebsk region. This was announced by the Minister of Sports and Tourism of Belarus, Oleg Kachan, during an online conference on the BelTA website. According to him, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee came up with the proposal to create the resort. This is the second project for the creation of an agro-tourism resort: the first is also to be established in the Vitebsk region, in the Rossony district. According to the minister, as of July 1 this year, 722 subjects of agro-ecotourism were registered in the country. In addition, 16 tourist complexes based on agricultural production cooperatives, a Center for the Development of Rural Entrepreneurship, and three ethnographic museums have been established in Belarus. Oleg Kachan also noted that national parks are actively involved in agro-tourism. In total, last year 39,000 tourists vacationed in agro-estates, spending Br2.9 billion there. "For more than 1,000 people, agro-tourism has become the main source of income," the minister summarized. -0-