FINANCIAL RECEIPTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN RUSSIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, PROBLEMS AND WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION
For many countries, international tourism has become an important source of foreign currency income. In the present investigation, the authors analyze the place of Russia among some other countries by comparing income from inbound tourism. The research issues are international tourist services and the resulting monetary income. The objective of the article is the analysis of income from international tourism in the socio-economical aspect in Russia and the world, as well as the formulation of recommendations for increasing tourism-related income. For the purposes of the comparative analysis of the financial receipts from international tourism in different countries, some indicators are employed on the basis of up-to-date statistical information. The authors' method is based on these key indicators that enable one evaluate the volume of the income from international tourism per capita with and without purchasing power parity taken into account. The results of this work demonstrate strong differentiation of the countries by financial income from international tourism. In Russia, the income amounted to 132,69 USD per capita (purchasing power parity accounted), which is 6,8 times lower than the average value of the indicator calculated for ~50 other countries. In order to change this negative situation, it is necessary to increase international arrivals of foreign tourists to the Russian regions. The authors have detected the key problems restricting inbound trips to Russia and proposed approaches to solving them. The elaborated recommendations can be used for the development of strategic documents aimed at the development of inbound tourism at a regional level, as well as at a federal level, which will make it possible to increase the income from the international tourism activities.