2408-9346Research result. Business and Service Technologies2408-9346324The development of the tourist industryDEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL TOURISM IN PROTECTEDDEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL TOURISM IN PROTECTEDVinogradovEgor SergeevichVinogradovEgor Sergeevichyagrswip@mail.ru20151200

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.

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.

Ecotourismprotected areas *Исследование выполнено в рамках реализации Программы стратегического развития ФГБОУ ВПО «СПбГЭУ» на 2014-2016 гг. Проект 2.2.3. «Научно-исследовательское и образовательное сопровождение развития туристической индустрии на базе научно-образовательного центра социально-экономического и гуманитарного развития международного и регионального туризма»Ecotourismprotected areas *Исследование выполнено в рамках реализации Программы стратегического развития ФГБОУ ВПО «СПбГЭУ» на 2014-2016 гг. Проект 2.2.3. «Научно-исследовательское и образовательное сопровождение развития туристической индустрии на базе научно-образовательного центра социально-экономического и гуманитарного развития международного и регионального туризма»Список литературы1. Network edition «Interfax – Tourism», 2015, URL: http://tourism.interfax.ru2. National Strategy for Ecotourism Australia. Department of Tourism, Canberra. 1992.3. Ross S., Wall G. Evaluating Ecotourism the Case of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Indonesia, Tourism Management, Vol 20, No 6. 1999. Pp. 673-682.4. Fennell, D, Article Ecotourism: an introduction by David A. Fennell, Routledge, vol. 7. 1999. Pp 315.5. Lindberg K., Hawking D. Ecotourism: A Guide for Planners and Managers. Vol. 1. The Ecotourism Society. North Bennington (USA). 1993.6. Official internet-portal «PA Russia», URL: http://oopt.aari.ru/7. Action Plan to implement the development strategy of the tourism industry of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2015, the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, 2003.8. Order of the Government of the Russian Federation on May 31, 2014 N 941-r of Moscow «On Approval of the Strategy for the Development of Tourism in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020».9. Pecheritsa E.V. Management of the tourism industry at the federal, regional and municipal levels. International Research Journal. № 1-3 (20). 2014. S. 55-56.10. Gusanov A.A., article «Management of the ecological tourism in the regions of Russia», Moscow, 2010.