One mln people employed in Russian tourism sector, industry short of 250,000 people - Russian deputy PM
MOSCOW. Feb 7 (Interfax) - One million people are employed in the Russian tourism sector, the industry is now short of 250,000 employees, the personnel shortage will increase to 400,000 by 2030 due to the implementation of large-scale infrastructure development projects, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said on Friday.
"Some one million people are now employed in the tourism sector. The personnel shortage is some 250,000, and this number will increase to 400,000 by 2030. New specialists are needed for the successful development of the sector in general, and also for implementation of large-scale investment projects such as Five Seas and Lake Baikal. The Russian State University of Tourism and Service is expected to become a leading center for training personnel for the industry. The university has now signed several agreements on the creation of new campuses," the deputy prime minister's press service was quoted as saying at a meeting on the training of personnel in the sphere of tourism and hospitality.
It was stated in the meeting that more than 100 universities and 1,300 vocational schools in Russia have tourism and hospitality programs. Personnel training centers have been created in the Moscow region on the basis of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service, in Tatarstan and in St. Petersburg under the national project Tourism and Hospitality.
The plans include the development of the scientific and educational infrastructure of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service in Zavidovo, Tver region, and in Anapa, where personnel will be trained for the project Five Seas and Lake Baikal, Chernyshenko said.
"Tourism needs a model for integration with vocational education. There is a need for interaction with strong regional universities as well. These should not be individual decisions. And today's agreements are an example that can be applies to the entire country. Another important aspect is labor productivity. We have created competence centers on the basis of Kavkaz.RF and in the Krasnodar Territory, they have started working. We should also work with business on including the issue of labor productivity in the educational programs for training personnel for the tourism sector," Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said.