Совершенствование транспортной системы и перспектива развития туризма в Республике Алтай

Abstract

Introduction. The Altai Republic is a mountainous region of the Russian Federation with a unique nature and a large number of attractions. Here, in recent years, the tourism sector has been actively developing; the annually increasing tourist flow (2021 - about 2.2 million people, 2022 - 2.5 million people) requires studying the relationship of the transport system with the tourism infrastructure and scientific substantiation of the prospects development of tourism activities in general. Materials and methods. The research is based on a combination of frame and route approaches to identify the territorial features of tourism development. The framework approach forms the basis of spatial planning methodology. The supporting framework of the region, as a linear-nodal structure of the territorial and functional relationship between its elements, gives the most complete picture of the organization of tourism in the region. Results. Transport accessibility largely determines the localization of the main tourist complexes and the prospects for implementing projects to create tourist infrastructure. In the region, a large volume of road construction was implemented within the framework of the regional program “Increasing the volume of construction and reconstruction of highways of the Altai Republic in the period 2015 - 2022.” However, most of the roads are adjacent to the federal highway R-256 (Chuysky tract); therefore the republic is characterized by a predominance of linear-radial routes. The use of the frame approach as a methodological basis for the study made it possible to identify the main linear objects and centers of tourism development on the territory of the Altai Republic. In combination with the route approach, an analysis of the distribution of the spatial configuration of the main route network was carried out across the region. This made it possible to identify opportunities for the development of ring structures, which will become a prospect for the development of the tourist network. Conclusion. Based on differences in natural resources, intensity of traffic flows, and features of tourist infrastructure, three sections of the Chuisky tract were identified. At each of these sites, key attractors have been identified that are places of disparagement for tourists and investors. Resume. We have identified prospects for circular routes that will contribute to the development of tourism infrastructure.