TRANSFORMATION OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OF THE RUSSIAN- BELARUSIAN BORDER REGIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The article analyzes the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the development of the tourism industry of the Russian-Belarusian border regions. The tourism industry of the Russian- Belarusian border area is one of the areas most affected by the spread of coronavirus infection. At the very beginning of the pandemic in 2019, the tourist flow to the regions of the Russian-Belarusian border region reacted to the negative consequences less noticeably than in the following 2020 and 2021. There have been serious changes in the demand and supply of services for tourists, including the curtailment of a significant part of the tourist market and the replacement of outbound tourism with domestic tourism. The article summarizes a sufficient amount of statistical information from various official sources, which made it possible to assess the consequences of COVID-19 for the tourism sector of the border regions. According to the results of the study, the author identifies promising directions for the exit of the tourism industry of the regions of the Russian-Belarusian border region from the crisis.