OREANDA-NEWS. September 21, 2011. Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Infrastructure Borys Kolesnikov opened a tourist centre "Auto Rica" in Kaniv.

"Today we have opened a nice tourist centre. Our idea is to make Kaniv most convenient for mass tourism, to make it a place that attracted tourists constantly" - vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said. According to Borys Kolesnikov, to achieve this goal we have to do a lot, in particular to build a hotel complex where tourists could rest. "Our task - to make the infrastructure accessible", - he said.

"Auto Rica" tourist centre with terminal and marina located in the path of tourist groups and individual tourists through the prominent places of Ukraine. This two-storey building located separately. Facades are made from aluminium system with a glass outer layer, two of them looking toward the parking and bus parking lot, the third - on the waters of the Dnieper. Assumed that the tourist centre will complete the architectural ensemble of the station square Kaniv and symbolize the city gates.

There are a waiting room terminal are situated, cash tickets, rooms and another administrator on station with reference bureau, automatic storage room, facilities protection, non-food store, pharmacy shop, police, technical rooms, sanitary units, space for smoking on the ground floor. On the first floor - a fast-food, dispatching, tour desk, rooms for tourists, passengers with children and staff.

"The Ministry of Infrastructure is negotiating with the owners of all shipping companies to attract them to this tourist route. Then since April 30 will be opened the regular movement of river transport between Kyiv and Kaniv" - vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said. Given that the tourist centre will serve as the interchange point, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine jointly with the Cherkasy regional state administration is developing new routes of motor traffic from Kaniv all over Ukraine.

"We connect the tourist centre of Cherkasy region by new routes from towns all over Ukraine till Euro 2012", - Borys Kolesnikov said.