Professional qualifications and standards as a policy instrument aimed at improving the competitiveness of the Russian market for tourist industry

Abstract

The paper discloses the current condition and promising ways of tourism policy aimed at improving the skills of tourist enterprises personnel and enhancing the overall competitiveness of the Russian market for tourist services. The study has defined the goals and methods of the government policy as to improving the skills of tourist enterprises, identified the teleological content of the professional qualifications and standards as instruments of the tourism policy, formulated the concept of integrated development of the professional training in tourism. The material in this paper can be useful both for training institutions and representatives of the tourism and hotel businesses.