ANALYSIS OF THE SANATORIUM-RESORT COMPLEX IN THE REGIONS OF RUSSIA BASED ON THE TYPOLOGICAL APPROACH
Health tourism is one of the priority directions for the development of domestic and inbound tourism in Russia. In many regions, a developed sanatorium-resort complex has been formed, the enterprises of which are highly competitive and make a significant contribution to the formation of income from tourism activities. The relevance of the study of the spa complex from a geographical point of view is due to differences in the resource base, climate, medical factors, and to the identification of regional characteristics from the standpoint of spatial development, flow geography, and role in the regional economy. The purpose of the research is the typology of Russian regions according to the level of development of the sanatorium complex. As the main research method, a typological one has been selected, which allows classification and systematization of regions according to the selected criteria. To conduct the typology, statistical information was used on the development of the spa complex in the regions of Russia for the period from 2011 to 2017 from the site of the Unified Interdepartmental Reference and Information System. Analysis of four types of regions was carried out according to the level of development of the sanatorium complex, supplemented by data on the regions’ participation in the federal target program “Development of domestic and inbound tourism in the Russian Federation (2011-2018)”. The results of the study are recommended to be considered when developing regional programs for the development of the spa complex.
Keywords: sanatorium-resort complex, typological approach, regions of Russia.
Highlights:
a typology technique for the regions of Russia according to the level of development of sanatorium-health tourism is proposed;
characteristics of the selected types by quantitative and qualitative indicators are given;
recommendations on the development of health tourism in the regions of Russia based on typology are developed.
Eugeny V. Konyshev, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor; Alena I. Kuznetsova, a post-graduate student - Vyatka State University.