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Salome Zourabichvili: Russian tourists love Tbilisi, should continue to come

23 June 2019 13:50 (UTC +04:00)

Tourists from Russia should continue to come to Georgia, because they love this country, while politicians should solve problems, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said in an interview with Euronews, APA reports.

"Tourists should continue to come, because they love Georgia, and politicians must solve the problems, which are in the core of the incident. Solving this issue implies uniting the territories of Georgia and, in spite of everything, this should not affect tourists, the population and the peaceful environment Georgia has," she said.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree which temporarily bans flight connection with Georgia from July 8. Tour operators and travel agencies were recommended "for the duration of the ban <...> to refrain from selling tourist products that include transportation of citizens from the territory of the Russian Federation to the territory of Georgia."