The Tourism & Hospitality Committee liaises with the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast authorities to develop the region's tourist infrastructure and to promote the City and Oblast as a tourist destination. Working in unison with the City's top hotels, medical and insurance companies, travel agencies and airline representatives, the Tourism & Hospitality Committee not only forms ambitious initiatives, but also implements them. The committee also advocates the international tourism industry's top priority issues, namely: visas, transportation, safety and security.