Monitoring of tourist areas as a part of regional environmental monitoring system
Tourist monitoring is seen as a part of an overall system of regional environmental monitoring. Tourist territories are presented as the objects of the regional tourist monitoring, their properties and characteristics are analyzed. A tourist territory is regarded as one or more municipal districts having attractive tourist resources and infrastructure for their use. Features and principles of the organization of “hard” and “soft” tourism are compared. Schematic model of the organization of regional tourist monitoring is proposed, including two levels: those of the region as a whole and of tourist territories. The content and monitoring tools at each level and the relationship between the tourist monitoring and the general system of environmental monitoring are examined.