Revisiting the Question of Calculating Tourist Flows in the Russian Federation
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.041How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- tourist flow, tourism statistics, statistics, calculation methods
- Abstract
The article analyzes the current state of the tourist flows assessment in the Russian Federation. The lack of a precise and clear methodology for tourist flows calculations is one of the main problems, since this indicator is one of the main factors determining the efficiency of the development of tourist destinations, which allows to form an effective strategy for the territory development. As part of the study, the main approaches to the definition of “tourist flow” are identified, concurrently the existing approaches to the calculation of tourists in various territories are presented. The study showed that the Russian Federation does not keep in possession a complete methodology for counting tourists which is convenient for use in as variety of attractive tourist regions. It causes significant problems in the further development planning and for an arrangement of both a budget policy and a general development strategy. Authors indicate that some regions use their own methods for collecting tourist information. Within the framework of the study the main world trends in the field are presented, which can be adapted to Russian environment.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - L.V. Semenova AU - E.Yu. Nikolskaya AU - N.I. Kovaleva PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/18 TI - Revisiting the Question of Calculating Tourist Flows in the Russian Federation BT - Proceedings of the First International Volga Region Conference on Economics, Humanities and Sports (FICEHS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 179 EP - 183 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.041 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.041 ID - Semenova2020 ER -