New attempt for tourism in MV: GmbH starts on October 1!

New attempt for tourism in MV: GmbH starts on October 1!

Rostock, Deutschland - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania faces a significant change in the tourism sector. On October 1st, the new state-owned Tourismus GmbH will start its work. This decision aims to dissolve the state tourism association and transferred to the new society, as [NDR] reports. Economic Minister Wolfgang Blank (independent) announced the restructuring in Schwerin and assured the new company 5.75 million euros in financial resources.

The new company will be based in Rostock, and all employees of the previous state tourism association will be taken over without them being lost. The change follows numerous allegations that were raised against the state tourism association in February, including alleged accounting. In April, the then managing director Tobias Woitendorf was released, which subsequently led to the investigation by the public prosecutor because of subsidy fraud.

new management team and supervisory board

The planned three -person supervisory board will be chaired by Minister Blank. This is supplemented by an advisory board that includes representatives from the industry, politics and associations. The managing director to be found will also take over the function of the country's tourism officers. This step was decided after talks in the State Chancellery in Schwerin, in which representatives of the tourism association and the German Hotel and Restaurant Association also participated.

Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) describes tourism as a success story for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The new society is intended to maintain the previous focus of the state tourism association. A seven-point plan for the further development of tourism was also decided in the talks. This plan is intended to lead the future course of the GmbH and ensure that the challenges of the industry are effectively addressed.

controversy and challenges

Despite the positive approaches, the environment around the restructuring of tensions remains shaped. The CDU opposition criticizes the Ministry of Economic Affairs for its self-controlled behavior, while the Greens suspect that the state government is trying to distract from its own mistakes. The concern about the future of the state tourism association had already become loud in the run -up to the restructuring when the association threatened bankruptcy. Legal steps against the new industry and lobby association have been coordinated with the government center, which illustrates the explosiveness of the situation.

With the planned foundation of the new tourism company, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania starts a new era in which fresh impulses are to be placed for the tourism sector. The financial means and structural changes set could enable the industry to master the challenges of the future and continue to promote the importance of tourism for the federal state.