HISTORY OF STATUTORY REGULATION OF DOMESTIC TOURISM IN RUSSIA IN THE 1990S – MID 2010S: FEDERAL AND REGIONAL ASPECTS

Abstract

The development of domestic tourism is an important factor for positive dynamics in the economic processes in the Russian Federation and its regions. Studying the history of tourism industry development in different Russian regions is a topical research objective. In the present-day world, the development of tourism in the country is impossible without developing relevant legal mechanisms at the national and regional levels. The difficult transition from economically ineffective state-controlled and socially-oriented Soviet Union tourism to the market-driven tourism industry demanded developing a totally new legal framework. The evolution of the legal regulations of tourism in Russia and in Kemerovo region reflects the main vector in the transformation of Russian regions’ tourism industry. The comparative historical and complex generic analyses of the legislation have made it possible to identify the major stages in the development of tourism industry legal base in Kemerovo Region. The development of the national legislation in the 1990s allowed for the formation of the tourism industry within the economic sphere and the social infrastructure of Russia. The regional specialization in the 2000s demanded for the regional legal base of tourism development. Since 2011, legal and financial support of cluster initiatives in tourism has been an important instrument of state and regional policy in this sphere.

Keywords

• tourism
• legal act
• legal regulation of tourism activity
• history of tourism industry
• kemerovo region