Ministry of Culture seeks reopening of movie theaters in Kyrgyzstan

AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Culture Nurjigit Kadyrbekov sent a letter to the government's office requesting to consider the possibility of reopening of movie theaters in the country.
Movie theaters are closed since March 17 for coronavirus prevention or about 8 months, which resulted in large financial losses for movie theaters.
Staff of the movie theaters have to seek another jobs, and the movie theaters also have contractual obligations on film distribution and collection of money from ticket sales, which is also a revenue to the state budget.
The Ministry of Culture, together with the Ministry of Health, has developed an action plan to comply with sanitary and epidemiological, sanitary and hygienic rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.
In 2019, movie theaters paid 100 million soms to the state budget.