ВЛИЯНИЕ ПАНДЕМИИ COVID-19 НА РАЗВИТИЕ ТУРИЗМА В РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ (В РАЗРЕЗЕ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫХ ОКРУГОВ)
Authors: Кондратьева С.В. , Шулепов В.И. 
Published: February 2025

В статье изложен подход к исследованию влияния пандемии COVID-19 на развитие туристской сферы деятельности в Российской Федерации на уровне федеральных округов. Анализ произведён на основе сопоставления данных двух периодов: до введения ограничений (2013–2019 гг.) и период пандемии COVID-19 (2020–2021 гг.) по значимым показателям функционирования туризма. Выдвинутая гипотеза о существенном негативном влиянии пандемии COVID-19 на развитие туризма большинства российских регионов, включая снижение их туристической привлекательности, спад международного организованного (в разрезе въездного и выездного туристских потоков) и внутреннего туризма, сокращение обслуживания российских и иностранных граждан коллективными средствами размещения, оказалась верной не в полном объёме.

Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions that have heavily affected the development of the international tourism industry constitute one of the key directions in contemporary research. The development of the tourism sector of the Russian Federation including international tourism (inbound and outbound tourist flows), domestic tourism, have also experienced the effects of the restrictions. The study attempts to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of the tourism sector in the Russian Federation in the regional context, at the level of federal districts, through comparing data from two time periods: before the introduction of restrictions (2013-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 -2021). The COVID-19 pandemic-associated restrictions have greatly influenced the development of tourism at the international, national and regional levels by dramatically changing the directions and volumes of tourist flows, practices of running tourism businesses, as well as by revealing the existential problems and development opportunities of this area of economic activity in the new realities. The Russian Federation integrated into the global economy and the international market of tourist services, has also faced the current challenges. In this regard, the efforts of the scientific community towards finding the ways to overcome the difficulties and constraints encountered, and analysis of the impact of the pandemic on the development of tourism and recreation is justified and presents of the key areas of modern research (2020-2022). The purpose of the study is to develop tools for analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of tourism in the regions of Russia. Results.An extensive array of information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of tourism in the majority of Russian regions has been summarized and systematized. A significant differentiation was found in the organization of domestic tourism (sending residents of the Federal districts on tours around the Russian Federation). With the exception of the Central Federal District that exhibits upward trends with the number of residents sent on tours within Russia, the rest of the Federal districts show losses in sending people on tours within the country. The study provides a comprehensive picture of the geography and scale of the impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector in the Russian Federation presented by Federal district