Paleontological Tourism in the Cold World as a Promising Direction of the Arctic Tourism Development
Paleontological Tourism in the Cold World as a Promising Direction of the Arctic Tourism Development

Author(s): Ekaterina Romanova, Liudmila Zamorshchikova
Subject(s): Tourism
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Paleontological tourism; Zone of permafrost; Yakutia; Mammoth fauna
Summary/Abstract: The strategy of the geopolitical component of the Arctic and the North is being updated. Tourism plays an important role in solving social problems, ensuring employment growth, and improving the well-being of the population. In the global aspect, tourism is one of the important areas that affect the growth of the economy, including the development of economic activity areas such as the services of travel companies, transport, communications, trade, production of souvenirs and other products, food and others, moreover, it represents a powerful innovative resource for the socio-economic development of the region. The concept of the development of Arctic tourism in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the most northern territory of Russia, reflects the current situation in the northern regions of the republic, its recreational resources, and tourism potential. Thus, unique natural, historical and cultural resources and objects of historical and archaeological heritage are concentrated on the territory of this region. Such a wide range of potentially attractive tourist sites and complexes can be very popular with Russian and foreign tourists, as well as residents of the republic. The relevance of the research is also connected with the world narrative associated with global environmental at societal challenges – climate changes and sustainable development of the arctic territories and indigenous peoples. One of the important components of Arctic tourism in Russia should be the paleontological tourism in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) because of the big zone of permafrost. The promotion of paleontological tourist destinations and knowledge in the modern world is associated with unique finds of fossil fauna (primarily related to the Mesozoic era), as well as ancient monuments associated with the remains of the first people.

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