OREANDA-NEWS. May 04, 2011. TATNEFT participated in the 16-th specialized exhibition of sports and tourism "KITS-2011" held in Kazan. The Company was awarded two diplomas - "For contribution to the development of sanatorium and resort treatment in Russia" and "For promotion of good quality tourism product on the market of the Republic of Tatarstan", reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The event was organized by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan city administration, "Kazan fair" exhibition center with the support of the Association of tourist agencies of the Republic of Tatarstan and Association of Sports Industry Enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan.

An extensive business program included the presentation of the World Student Games to be held in Kazan in 2013 and expositions of the leading tour operators, as well as master classes and scientific/practical conferences. The exhibition became a kind of interactive forum for meaningful dialogue of professionals in the field of hospitality, tourism and sports with participation of Russian and foreign experts.

The diplomas obtained by TATNEFT were an explicable result of systematic work aimed at improving the health of the employees of the Company, ecology preservation in the south-eastern part of Tatarstan and provision for decent living standards in the region. In a market economy conditions TATNEFT has been actively developing its corporate social policy implementing it within the framework of specific programs and projects both for its staff and the community as a whole.

There are 11 sanatoriums and 13 children's health improvement camps functioning in TATNEFT today, where workers and veterans of the Company, their children and residents of Tatarstan improve their health in comfortable conditions. In 2010, about 9 thousand children rested and physically strengthened in the health improvement children's camps of Tatneft.

The Company's management believes that investments in social programs aimed at improving the quality of life for the employees of TATNEFT and the population of the south-eastern part of Tatarstan will contribute to maintaining high labor productivity, ensure stability in the life of the Company's employees and in the whole of the community, as well as prosperity of the Republic.