FEATURES OF BUILDING A STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN AMATEUR OUTBOUND TOURISM IN A CHRONIC PANDEMIC
Tourism, even in a global pandemic, can play a key role in the economies of many countries. This is, first of all, about amateur outbound tourism. This problem has become extremely aggravated in connection with the global economic crisis and the global coronavirus pandemic, which has collapsed the tourism business. As a result of this situation, 2020 turned into a complete bankruptcy of large and small travel agencies, a drop in consumer confidence in the organized way of tourism. It is clear that this could not but lead to an increase in amateur tourism, which is confirmed by the data of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation - in 2020-2022. Amateur tourism can account for more than 85% of the total number of tourist trips. It is noteworthy that when the EU sanctions were imposed on the Russian Federation, the Italian employees of travel agencies were forced to demand from the Italian government and the European Union not to apply sanctions against Russia - the influence of tourists from the Russian Federation in the economy of the tourist business and municipalities of Italy is so significant. A number of similar examples from the economic activity of other countries can be cited. [9] Another factor in the popularization of amateur tourism was the spread of the Internet - this led to a manifold increase in the possibilities of a lightweight option for booking tourist services anywhere in the world. Of course, one must reckon with the other side of the tourist industry medal - the problems of threats and risks associated with this type of recreation. So, for example, the procedure for the obligatory provision by travel agencies to their clients of specific information about safety, etc., of a specific route is still not regulated. Even the consulates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation are not obliged to issue specific practical recommendations for improving the safety of amateur tourism. Another global economic crisis, visa sanctions and deteriorating relations with many Western countries have made it difficult for Russians to access international tourism. Of course, such phenomena destroy the conditions of free competition for both Russian and international tourist destinations, and reduce the quality of life of citizens by restricting access to international tourist products, which, in general, is important for the development of human capital. In these conditions, in our opinion, the state should take special measures of state regulation in order to provide citizens with affordable and safe international tourism. [11,13,16] There are many works calling for the development of domestic tourism to the detriment of outbound tourism in order to obtain the economic (budget) effect of tourism. In our opinion, this idea is futile, because a person always wants to learn more, incl. culture of other countries. All this undoubtedly emphasizes the importance of the stated research topic and requires immediate new organizational solutions to this problem.