Tkachenko: UAH 3-4 billion needed to support culture and tourism

"The first priority is to resume funding for this sector. The second priority is to increase funding for this sector, and, of course, to complete the restructuring of the ministry, the formation of agencies, the administrative capacity of the Ministry, and to conduct an audit. The real figure that needs to be channeled into supporting culture and tourism is UAH 3-4 billion. [It is required] to survive and return opportunities for development,” Tkachenko said at the Parliament on Thursday, June 4, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to him, culture is the element that cements the state and society and creates additional grounds for its development. One million people currently work in this field. "Every year they form about 4% of the country's GDP, but their contribution is much larger. Because there is no future without culture, there is no nation without culture, and we will not exist without culture," Tkachenko added.

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada has adopted a resolution today appointing Oleksandr Tkachenko as the Culture and Information Policy Minister of Ukraine.

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