The paper is an attempt to conceptualize the notion of educational tourism, which quite recently has piqued interest of economists as a potentially new, as it happens, old and forgotten, kind of tourism activities. We define educational tourism, delineate its boundaries with other types of tourism and education activities, and develop a theoretical framework for classification of academic mobility types, in which the main parameter for us is the time, duration of mobility. We also raise the issue of educational tourism potential (ETP) and try to assess it for ASEAN countries.

COVID-19 is, first and foremost, a health and humanitarian crisis; moreover, it has had a detrimental effect on the performance of businesses worldwide. However, digitalization may be seen as a solution to this crisis for some companies. This process of using digital technologies to adapt to new market requirements is known as digital transformation. This process is normally taking years, but currently, some sources report years' worth of digital transformation in the space of just a few months. However, some firms digitized and automated many of their processes and some only the minimum required to continue to function during the pandemic, which is indicative of their degree of digital transformation. This study attempts to illustrate how the degree of digital transformation affected the impact of COVID-19 on firm performance. To do this, we collected data via survey. This data was then analyzed using factor analysis techniques and structural equation modelling. The results suggest that the degree of digital transformation facilitated the digital transition during the pandemic but did not show any signs of alleviating the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on firm performance.

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Twilight economic activity can be quite destructive for the state. If the obstruction of criminal economic activity is stopped, the state will begin to experience significant difficulties in ensuring the budget. After all, each, even small, committed illegal act carries even minor damage in a subjective sense, but if you analyze the statistical data of all such «small» crimes, the figures become quite impressive. The solution of such problems becomes the most relevant in modern conditions