Classification of educational tourism objects according to their location

Abstract

Tourism as a subject of research is a complex and not yet fully studied phenomenon, despite the fact that in practice of economic activity it occupies an increasingly prominent place and tends to steady growth. One of the most important tasks of understanding this phenomenon is building an adequate and comprehensive classification system that could be used by both theorists and practitioners of tourism business. The article proposes to classify historical, cultural and natural objects of educational tourism according to the location with regard to each other and in recreational and tourist centers of the water areas of educational tourism of the Krasnodar region. There are three basic models: compact, annular and linear. Compact-focal, compact-linear and semi-circular models are referred to mixed variants. The received data of the preliminary assessment of recreational tourist zones models, which have received classification characteristics, allow us take into account the specifics of historical, cultural and natural objects in the structure of water areas of educational tourism differentially and systematically. Accordingly, the proposed models are evaluated on the consolidated indicators, which is the basis for further research of socio-economic, infrastructure, environmental and other aspects in the planning of development prospects of the recreational and tourism industry.