PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AS ECONOMIC INDUSTRY

This article presents and analyzes the problems and prospects for the development of tourism as an economic sector. Russia has tremendous development prospects, natural resources, but there are also many problems with the legislation, regional development infrastructure, and decision makers strongly delay the solution of these issues. Nevertheless, Russia is a fairly visited country due to the richest natural resources, historical attractions. In the article, research shows statistics of tourism in Russia for the last period of time.