Development of Tourism and Recreation Activities in Cross-Border Regions of Northwest Russia: General Trends and Features

Svetlana Viktorovna Stepanova  and Vladimir Ivanovich Shulepov

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i29/88684

Article

Development of Tourism and Recreation Activities in Cross-Border Regions of Northwest Russia: General Trends and Features

VIEWS 795
PDF 213

Abstract
Full-Text HTML
Full-Text PDF
How to Cite

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i29/88684

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 29, Pages: 1-5

Original Article

Development of Tourism and Recreation Activities in Cross-Border Regions of Northwest Russia: General Trends and Features

Svetlana Viktorovna Stepanova¹ and Vladimir Ivanovich Shulepov^2*

¹ Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation
²Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation; [email protected]
*Author for correspondence
Vladimir Ivanovich Shulepov
Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation;
Email:[email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

This article considers the development of tourism and recreation activities in the cross-border regions of Northwest Russia and reveals general trends and features. Tourism is considered to be the current and future direction of social and economic development of the regions because of its attractive cross-border destinations. A number of measures are suggested to stimulate the development of tourism and recreation activities in the cross-border regions of the Northwest of Russia.
Keywords: Cross-Border Region, Neighboring State, Northwest Russia, Tourism and Recreation Activities, Tourism Infrastructure, Tourist Flow