13th of March, 2015, Sukhum. With the Decree of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, the ministry of resorts and tourism of the Republic of Abkhazia is created by means of reorganization of the ministry of economy.
With the same Decree Avtandil Gartskiya is appointed minister of resorts and tourism of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The funding of the maintenance expenditures of the new ministry would be implemented by means of the resources envisaged in the law on republican budget of 2015 for maintenance of the ministry of economy.