Innovative development of the region as a condition for the effective development of regional tourism (on the example of the Northwestern Federal District)

Abstract

This article is devoted to the topical issue of considering the relationship between the innovative development of the region and the level of tourism development in the region. The development of territories and innovative urban solutions contribute to the development of tourism, and tourism, in turn, contributes to the development of innovation and attracting investors, thus, we can talk about a two-way related process of regional tourism development and innovative development of regions. The purpose of this article is to consider the innovative development of the region as a condition for the effective development of regional tourism. The object of the study is the North-Western Federal District, the subject of the study is the level of innovative development of the region and the level of development of regional tourism in the region. To achieve the goal of the work, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: to analyze the conceptual apparatus; to give a brief description of the regions of the Northwestern Federal District from two positions (from the point of view of the region's innovativeness and from the point of view of tourism development in the region); to compare the assessments of the regions of the Russian Federation according to various ratings; to calculate the Spearman correlation coefficient. In the course of the research, the works of domestic scientists devoted to the problems of regional tourism development, the formation of the main trends in the development of the domestic tourist market of individual regions, the study of the tourist potential of individual territories, etc. were studied. Methods of statistical and system analysis, methods of theoretical and practical generalization were used to obtain the main results. As a result of the article, it is concluded that regardless of the methodology for assessing the development of regional tourism, there is a direct relationship between the level of innovative development of the region according to the criterion of socio-economic conditions of innovation activity and the level of development of regional tourism.