Analysis and priorities of the Samara region tourist and recreation cluster development
Abstract. Recently, Russia has begun to pay much more attention to the regional socio-economic development. After all, almost each of the regions has a special potential for the development of its own territory. One of the most popular and effective sources of the regional socio-economic development is a cluster approach. In the future, the cluster is a large-scale public-private partnership project. On the one hand, the state finances engineering and transport infrastructure, i.e. key objects of attraction of tourist traffic. On the other hand, the business community creates various accommodation facilities and tourist services on the territory of the creative cluster using the advantages of the cluster unification. In the Strategy for the Samara Region Socio-Economic Development for the period until 2030, one of the priority clusters is a tourist and recreational one. In the Samara region, there are significant prospects for the development of a tourist and recreational cluster due to the multinational composition of the regional population, rich cultural and historical heritage, the presence of unique recreational resources in the region, as well as land not involved in the economic circulation. On the territory of the region, there is a tourist and recreational cluster "Samarskaya Luka", which is very popular among tourists due to its unique ecosystem and rich cultural heritage. There are large industrial enterprises, which contributes to a high concentration of business activity in the region. Also, due to the availability of a convenient transport interchange in the Samara region, large interregional events can be organized, that will lead to the prosperity of the tourist and recreational cluster. The purpose of the study is to analyze development priorities of a tourist and recreational cluster in the Samara region. During the study, methods of theoretical, economic and statistical analysis, synthesis, comparative and graphic methods were used. The results of the study are of practical importance for the development of tourist and recreational clusters in the region.
Keywords: tourist and recreational cluster, tourism industry, potential, assessment, priorities, region, socio-economic development, the Samara region
Highlights:
♦ the tourist and recreational cluster concept and role in the development of the region tourism industry were determined;
♦ the state and place of the Samara region tourism industry in federal and regional statistical reporting were analyzed;
♦ an assessment was made of the impact of the tourist and recreational cluster of the Samara region on its socio-economic development;
♦ the priorities for the tourist and recreational cluster development in the Samara region were determined.
Liliya K. Agaeva - Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia; Galina I. Belyaeva - Samara State Technical University, Samara Russia