The State Duma of the Russian Federation will hold a round table on July 23 at the House of Unions to attract public-private partnership (PPP) tools for representatives of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to implement tourism infrastructure projects. The corresponding notice was obtained by Izvestia.

The initiative will be discussed by the State Duma Committee on Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship together with the lower chamber's Committee on Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure Development.

"The tourism sector is undoubtedly another growth point that needs to be developed. At the same time, the number of projects is growing every year," Natalia Poluyanova, a member of the State Duma Committee on Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship, told Izvestia.

For example, in 2023, contracts totaling more than 1 trillion rubles were concluded, with completed major agreements exceeding 300 trillion rubles, the deputy specified. More than 60% of public-private partnerships are private investments, Poluyanova said.

"The round table will focus on mechanisms — these are exactly what are needed now to become the actual growth point of PPP agreements… Previously, there was no such regulation," she noted.