Sharafutdinov V.N., Onishchenko E.V. “TOURIST SPACE” AS A CONCEPT: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE STUDY
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/ek.jvolsu.2020.2.3
Vladimir N. Sharafutdinov
Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Leading Researcher, Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yana Fabritsiusa St, 2/28, 354002 Sochi, Russian Federation; Leading Researcher, Sochi State University, Plastunskaya St, 94, 354000 Sochi, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8549-2419
Elena V. Onishchenko
Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Researcher, Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yana Fabritsiusa St, 2/28, 354002 Sochi, Russian Federation, elon@list, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1120-3909
Abstract. The article attempts to generalize various points of view of foreign and domestic scientists on the concept of “tourist space”, its potential and structure as an object of construction. The main scientific approaches to understanding the tourist space (geographical, economic, economic-geographical, social, sociocultural, interdisciplinary) have been identified and systematized, their characteristic features have been identified. Based on the analysis, it was concluded that the most holistic concept of the tourist space can be presented as part of an interdisciplinary approach with the involvement of specialists from various fields and areas involved in the creation, arrangement and development of tourist spaces of the worlds regions. Based on the combination of numerous typological criteria for tourist space proposed by scientists, its main elements are identified. In conclusion, the problem areas in the study of tourist space are identified which, in the opinion of the authors, not yet reflected in the understanding of its essence. The results of the study can be used in developing the fundamental theory of tourism, in developing concepts and strategies for the development of tourism in the regions of Russia to increase the competitiveness of regional tourism products and their promotion in the domestic and international tourism services market.
Key words: tourism, tourism economy sector, space, tourist space, regional tourism product.
“TOURIST SPACE” AS A CONCEPT: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE STUDY by Sharafutdinov V.N., Onishchenko E.V. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.