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| Olesya Baltusova, the new Kazan Internal Tourism Adviser |
Following a promenade with the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov and an official letter published online, Kazan tour guide Olesya Baltusova was offered a job as Internal Tourism Adviser by the mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metishin.
"When it comes to preserving our architectural heritage, the city government and the society stand hand by hand. I am deeply pleased to see proactive young people, passionate about our city. And Olesya Baltusova undoubtedly is one of them. Today we need new ideas, a fresh look from the outside. Therefore, we are going to create conditions for people like Olesya to be able to utilise their experience, knowledge and energy to serve the common purpose," - says the mayor of Kazan.
Olesya has already started her job as of September 10th. She later admitted she wasn't sure whether she would accept the mayor's offer since she is used to being a "free artist", but she was assured she could keep her tour guiding job and her activity in a local journal "Kazan", after which she agreed.
Although we do not know Olesya personally, we congratulate her with the new position. It is brilliant that local professionals like Olesya who know their own city like no one else can receive access to shaping tourism trends on a larger scale. We work closely with our tour guides of whom we are very proud, and who are incredible and we'd love to see them running state tourism departments as well - with the condition that they will keep their current jobs of course!
