The tourism potential of the Russian Arctic region is high. Unique natural resources and conditions allow organizing various types of ecological tourism. The most promising types of ecological tourism in the high latitudes of Russia are expedition, educational and sports. Natural features of the Russian Arctic zone (European, Siberian and far Eastern) determine the specifics of modern development and prospects of tourist activity within these sectors. The focus of individual attention of the tourism’s organizers in the Arctic are specially protected areas of Russia, as well as objects from the UNESCO world natural heritage list.