Perfection of statistical accounting in tourism as a necessary condition for objective planning of social and economic development of the region (on the example of the Krasnodar Territory)
A feature of the tourist flow of the Krasnodar Territory is that more than half of the tourists are amateur. The existing statistical reporting provides for the formation of statistical data only on collective means of accommodation, which refleets only a part of the real tourist flow. The total number of holidaymakers is estimated expertly. Estimated information is used in the formation of planned and reporting indicators of social and economic development of the Krasnodar Territory. Statute in tourism requires improvement. The authors suggest ways to improve tourism statistics.