Fifteen business associations demand re-opening of the economy, offer 6-point plan
The business associations state that hotels, restaurants and shopping malls should be opened in Georgia, transport and air traffic should be restored in accordance with the coronavirus regulations. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Fifteen business associations in Georgia have sent an open letter to the government of Georgia today in which they demand coronavirus-related restrictions to be lifted step by step.
To help the government in this process they gave a six-point plan aiming to save the Georgian economy.
The business associations state that hotels, restaurants and shopping malls should be opened in Georgia, transport and air traffic should be restored in accordance with the coronavirus regulations.
Also those operating in ski resorts of the country demand the opening of the winter season on February 1 and tax benefits.
They said that many industries have gone bankrupt due to the restrictions; that Georgia has made a lot of international financial commitments, which is why the only way out of the crisis is the business sector to begin work.
Seven business associations have released a statement in response to the increase of natural gas prices for the commercial sector that are coming into effect on January 3, 2021 , saying that Tbilisi Energy’s decision is ‘not understandable amid the pandemic and the decision will also influence households as increasing prices for the business sector will increase costs and thus prices of products.’
The Georgian Business Association has asked the government of Georgia and the newly elected parliament to make changes to the Tax Code as soon as possible in order to extend the tax breaks imposed on businesses in the spring amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Member businesses of the Business Association of Georgia (BAG) have assessed the present business situation negatively in the third quarter of 2020, while their expectations for the next six months are positive, says the BAG Index, which is a joint product of the BAG, PMC Research Center and the ifo Institute for Economic Research.
Georgian businessmen have asked Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia to extend benefits businesses enjoyed in the spring amid the coronavirus.
Several coronavirus-related restrictions will be lifted in Georgia in February and in March, following a plan approved at today's Interagency Coordination Council meeting. Georgian Infrastructure Minister and the first Deputy Prime Minister Maia Tskitishvili said that since there are signs of an easing of the epidemiological situation in some regions of Georgia, there is also the possibility of lifting several restrictions.
Ten business associations in Georgia have sent an open letter to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia in which they demand coronavirus restrictions be lifted step by step and offer help with the vaccination process.
Business associations in Georgia have sent an open letter to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, in which they demand coronavirus restrictions be eased in the country.