Analysis of international experience in institutional support of social tourism
Improving the organizational and institutional foundations of social tourism is one of the most important tasks of the socio-economic development of Russia, since, having a wide range of positive socio-economic consequences, social tourism affects a number of macroeconomic indicators, and also contributes to an increase in the level of social well-being of society. However, the formation of an effective organizational and economic mechanism for the support of social tourism services seems impossible without a deep study ofthe features ofthe institutional support of social tourism in a number offoreign countries, where the models of social tourism used for decades have already proven their effectiveness in solving socio-economic problems in market conditions at the national and transnational levels. Using a set oftheoretical and empirical research methods, the article classifies social tourism models that differ in funding sources, the mechanism ofinteraction between participants, and the degree of a financial burden on the state. The paper presents a comparative characteristic of these models with examples of their application in different countries. The analysis ofthe efficiency ofthe applied organizational and economic mechanisms for the support of social tourism services is carried out, their advantages and disadvantages are shown. Each of the models of social tourism is aimed at solving specific problems and is not universal, due to the uniqueness of management objects.