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DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL TOURISM IN PROTECTED

The article discusses the prospects for the development of eco-tourism on the basis of specially protected natural territories of the Russian Federation: it provides a brief assessment of the situation in the domestic tourism industry covering the period of the end of 2014 – beginning of 2015; it provides statistical information on specially protected areas, as well as analyzes the possibility of using protected areas as a resource base for ecotourism. The author of the article, based on the views of industry experts, offers activities aimed at the introduction of eco-tourism in protected areas, and considers management practices in ecotourism in these areas. In the article, the author put forward a definition of «eco-tourism», the basic problems of the development of ecotourism in protected areas, proposed a strategy for the optimal functioning of ecotourism, taking into account its profitability, competitiveness, and reduction of negative environmental impacts of mass tourism in protected natural areas.

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