The point of view of the Government for Development of Tourism

The Supreme Council supported the initiative of the Government on a number of amendments and addendum to the law "On some government measures aimed at improving the macroeconomic and socio-economic stability of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic". It was suggested, in particular, to enter a new concept "tourism and free economic zone recreation" into the legal framework of the republic. In support to the initiative, the authors refer to the important role of tourism in the world economy. It is the main source of government revenue for many countries. The industry sector is developed very poorly today in Pridnestrovie. Its share today - is only 0.02% in GDP. 13 organizations and individual entrepreneurs represented this segment. The potential of the republic in this respect is great. Its geographical location, cultural and historical heritage, archaeological sites, mild climate, rich flora and fauna is among the factors contributing to the development of tourism. A positive aspect in this context is the availability of water resources - rivers and springs. Weaving of traditions for several ethnic groups is attractive to foreigners.

According to the developers of the law-in-draft, the emergence of free economic zones of a new type will promote not only tourism but sectors of the economy interrelated with it, the inflow of currency into the country, provide employment, improve infrastructure, population density in the consolidated budget. Among the proposed measures to free economic zones support – is tax breaks providing and exemptions from land tax and income tax for organizations and for the maintenance of housing stock. Parliamentarians, recognizing the validity of the made arguments, supported the idea.

Deputies did not challenge the government's proposals and market development services, based on the work of call centers (organizations engaged in the processing of applications, information and voice channels). The production of software products is another sphere that is proposed to be maintained at the state level. Reduced (14% of the tax base) unified social tax rate establishment is supposed for members of these sub-sectors.

Extension of the validity of a number of provisions of the law "On some government measures aimed at improving the macroeconomic and socio-economic stability of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" from three to five years seems appropriate initiatives for the authors. The law-in-draft is supported by deputies in the first reading