Historical-Geographical Features of Tourism Development in Russia
Historical-Geographical Features of Tourism Development in Russia

Summary/Abstract: The article looks at the main historical periods of tourism development in Russia and the geographical pattern of its expansion across the territory of the country. Historical-geographical features of tourism development in the pre Revolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet periods have been identified. Based on archival, literary, statistical and map data sources, the article provides spatiotemporal characteristics of each stage of tourism development in Russia: consumers of travel services and their numbers, main objects of cultural heritage as tourist resources; tourist infrastructure, information support of tourism (published guidebooks, reference books, maps, postcards, and Internet resources).

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