MOSCOW-SIBERIAN TRACT AS A TOURIST RESOURCE OF MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF THE OMSK REGION
Omsk region is one of the most significant tourist regions of Western Siberia. An important role in its tourist and recreational potential is played by the ancient Moscow-Siberian tract. As a transport route, it existed from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. But interest in it as a historical and tourist site began to manifest itself since the late 1950s. The purpose of the study is to find out how 10 municipal districts of the Omsk region, through which the Moscow-Siberian tract passed, use it as a tourist resource for the development and implementation of tourist and excursion programs. To assess the tourist capabilities of the Moscow-Siberian tract, it is advisable to use a historical and geographical approach that allows a comprehensive study of related objects in the municipal districts of the Omsk region throughout. Research methods include scientific description, comparison and analysis of statistics. The generalization of literary sources on tourist resources of the Omsk region makes it possible to determine the importance of the Moscow-Siberian tract in the tourist potential of the region. Municipal districts of the Omsk region have been identified, for which the Moscow-Siberian tract plays a leading role in positioning the tourist potential, determining the directions of tourist and excursion activities. The possibilities of the Moscow-Siberian tract as a tourist resource have not yet been exhausted and in the future may become the basis for tourist and recreational design of inter-municipal and interregional tourist routes. The strengthening of the role of the Moscow-Siberian tract in tourism of the Omsk region took place gradually. Currently, its tourist resources are most effectively used in the activities of the four municipal districts adjacent to it: Bolsherechensky, Bolsheukovsky, Tarsky and Tyukalinsky.