MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF GEORGIA

Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava held an online meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Transport, Karel Havlíček. Priority areas of bilateral economic cooperation, including issues related to restoration of the direct air traffic and the resumption of cooperation in the field of tourism were discussed during the meeting.

Deputy Ministers of Economy and Sustainable Development Akaki Saghirashvili and Genadi Arveladze, the Head of the National Tourism Administration Mariam Kvrivishvili and the Ambassador of Georgia to the Czech Republic Mariam Rakviashvili also participated in the meeting.

“It is important that my Czech colleague expressed political readiness to support rapid restoration of bilateral tourism ties, as well as the activation of investment processes,” – Natia Turnava, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, said after the online meeting. According to the Minister, Czech Republic is an active economic partner of Georgia and the number of Czech companies operating in the energy, transport, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors of Georgia is growing every year.

According to the Minister, the number of tourists from the Czech Republic is also increasing. “In 2019, there was a 19% increase in number of visitors, which is a very high rate. Importantly, the epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic is quite benign. Therefore, we are talking about the Czech Republic being one of the first countries from which tourists will arrive in Georgia in July,” – Natia Turnava said and added that “it is important that such airlines as the Airzena and the Wizz Air are ready to resume flights between the Czech Republic and Georgia. "Before the pandemic, they were flying at a fairly high frequency, and I hope that this direction will be in similar demand now” – Natia Turnava said.