New opportunities for the development of the tourism industry in russian municipalities

Abstract

The article identifies the most significant problems of the development of domestic tourism, reveals the main directions of the development of the tourist attractiveness of Russian territories, and justifies the contradiction between the high tourism potential of municipalities, the importance of unique territorial resources, and the low level of their tourist attractiveness. The key problems in the field of tourism infrastructure development are transport inaccessibility of tourist attractions, a shortage of economy-class hotels, regional differentiation (which means that transport, leisure, and tourism infrastructure are concentrated mainly in big cities and are absent in small and medium-sized cities of the Russian Federation). During the population survey, the authors identified the problem of the insufficient relevance of the existing techniques of providing services in the field of cultural and educational tourism, as well as the problem of meeting the renewing needs of consumers by tourist attractions. The article has scientific significance and practical value for the local government leaders and can interest a wide range of readers.