TY - JOUR

T1 - The Russian Tourist Industry: Structure, Trends, Competitiveness at the World Market

AU - Ovcharov, Anton O.

AU - Vasiljeva, Marina V.

AU - Shirin, Sergey S.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The paper deals with the problems of Russian tourism with the use of statistic analysis methods. The structure of tourist economic sector is represented based on the international recommendations. The usage of adjusting factors having regard to the share of tourism within the activity of enterprises of various branches is suggested. Tourism development trends in Russia and in the world in general are revealed. Regional inequality of international incomes and expenses is demonstrated. The reasons of the Russian tourism low competitiveness on the world market are defined.

AB - The paper deals with the problems of Russian tourism with the use of statistic analysis methods. The structure of tourist economic sector is represented based on the international recommendations. The usage of adjusting factors having regard to the share of tourism within the activity of enterprises of various branches is suggested. Tourism development trends in Russia and in the world in general are revealed. Regional inequality of international incomes and expenses is demonstrated. The reasons of the Russian tourism low competitiveness on the world market are defined.

KW - statistics

KW - tourist industry

KW - types of economic activity

KW - competitiveness

KW - tourism expenditures

KW - Russian tourism

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 151

EP - 161

JO - Review of European Studies

JF - Review of European Studies

SN - 1918-7173

IS - 9

ER -