MODERN FEATURES OF TOURISM SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
The article presents the possibilities of implementing the project approach in event tourism. On the example of successful projects in the domestic and foreign practice of event tourism, the stages of implementation and features of project activities in tourism are considered. Based on statistical information and the results of the Festival Insights Agency's research, the target groups of consumers of event events of differentlevels were identified, and priority criteria for selecting event events by the target audience were identified. Along with foreign and domestic experience, examples of implementation of various types of projects in event tourism, sources and volumes of their financing at the regionallevel of the Russian Federation are also described.