BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 12
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
The Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) has spent an additional 12.6 million lari ($3.8 million) on renting hotels to arrange quarantine zones, Trend reports via the GNTA.
The Tourism Administration has signed relevant agreements with the hotels in the last few weeks.
According to the 9-month budget execution report, 64.3 million lari ($19.4 million) was spent on hotel rentals from January through September. Accordingly, 76.9 million lari ($23.2 million) was allocated for the quarantine zones, taking into account the new expenditures.
"National Tourism Administration has implemented compulsory activities for Georgian citizens (83,831 citizens from March 10 to September 30) in the high-risk areas nominated by the World Health Organization for accommodation, transportation, food, cleaning, security, and quarantine. Some 487 contracts worth 64.3 million lari ($19.4 million) were signed for this purpose during the reporting period," the 9-month budget execution report said.
According to the Government of Georgia's decision, the duration of the mandatory quarantine has been reduced to 8 days. According to the website stopcov.ge, 2,656 people are currently in quarantine.
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