Tourism as a factor of restructuring the economy of resource-producing regions of the Arctic (on the example of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District)

Abstract

Article is devoted to the justification of the possibility of the tourism industry to become one of the leading sectors of the territorial specialization of resource regions of the North and the Arctic. The article analyzed the tourist and recreational potential of YaNAD and studied the problem of formation of the tourism industry in the region. The result of the study was the development of organizational, managerial and economic activities, the implementation of which opens up new possibilities for the development of the northern tourism as well as recommendations for the management of the tourist industry were made. We studied the spatial differentiation of tourist resources and tourist attendance Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District and proposed forming of a single tourist and recreational space, based on the cluster approach and the principles of integration. We made conclusions according to which the main prerequisite for the development of tourism in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District is a long-felt need for an integrated development of the area through the expansion of the economic base, the transition from single-industry raw material economy to a more sustainable diversified one.The formation of high-grade, high-yield tourism industry will help increase the income of the region and will allow considering tourism as one of the leading budget-forming sectors of territorial specialization. The results of the study can be used by the state and municipal authorities in developing programs for the socio-economic development of both the region and municipalities, as well as programs for the development of tourism and investment projects.