Method Development to Assess the Regional Tourism Potential

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of research methods of tourist and recreational potential of the region. The article indicates the types and methods of assessing tourist resources, approaches to assessing the tourist and recreational potential of the territory at the regional and local level. The study was based on the study of the scientific works of domestic and foreign researchers in the field of recreational geography, tourist resource studies, tourism economics. When conducting the study, the authors used the methods of economic-statistical, structural and system analysis. The directions of improving methodological approaches to a comprehensive assessment of the tourist and recreational potential of the region are identified in the work, the author's approach to assessing the tourist and recreational potential of the region at the level of municipalities is formed. This approach allows you to take into account the uneven distribution of natural, climatic, historical, cultural and socio-economic and other resources in the regions, to identify the most promising areas for the development of tourism. Further development of methodological approaches to a comprehensive assessment of tourism and recreational potential should be guided by the strategic priorities of the regional economy.