On the validity of shaping the tourist-recreation cluster "Dobriy"
Currently, tourism is one of the largest and highly profitable industries in the world economy, well ahead of the leaders of world trade such as automotive, oil and gas industry. In the context of the modernization of the economy, Post-industrial transformation the shift towards service economy and tourism is evident. In the structure of the Russian economy, the share of the service sector (trade, transport, restaurants, hotels, communication, financial services, etc.) has been increased. The study of the spatial organization of tourism and the regularities of the subjects of the tourism industry is not only of practical, but also of theoretical interest. In the process of regionalization and globalization, regional studies of tourism are particularly important. The article reveals the content of the concepts of tourism recreational cluster, tourism recreational resources, tourism recreational potential. Special attention is paid to the issues of estimation of tourism recreational resources, which are the basis both for planning and development of tourism and for shaping a tourism recreational cluster. The paper offers the author’s method of estimation of tourism recreational resources, based on the implemented study the tourism potential of the Dobrovskiy district in the Lipetsk Region. The results of the assessment allowed the author to make a conclusion about the significant potential of the territory, it confirms the fact that the creation of tourism recreation cluster “Dobriy” is fully justified.