Проблемы развития промышленного сектора экономики старопромышленных регионов России Тамара Витальевна УСКОВА Институт социально-экономического развития территорий Российской академии наук Вологда, Российская Федерация, 160014, ул. Горького, д. 56а

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This study is devoted to assessing the pandemic’s impact on the Russian tourism sector functioning. The authors determine that the spread of coronavirus in the world significantly affected the state of tourism in Russia, greatly reducing the volume of outbound and inbound tourism and depriving tourist companies of the source of income. All representatives of the tourism industry, such as travel agencies and operators, accommodation facilities, as well as transport companies specializing in tourist transportation, face negative effects of COVID-19. The article calculates the effects for the Russian economy caused by decreased tourist demand in 2020 in the context of indicators, such as gross output, employee number and wage fund for all types of economic activity. In conclusion, the work proposes scenarios for boosting the Russian tourism sector in the near future with regard to current conditions, and for each scenario identifies measures for their implementation.

Introduction. Sustainable development is Russia's strategic goal at the national and regional levels. Currently, its key factor is innovation, which, in turn, is determined by the availability of sufficient amount of human capital, it being a set of knowledge, skills and abilities, including the ability of a person to generate ideas, create innovations, and bring them to production. Although Russia has a fairly large amount of human capital, its economy is experiencing difficulties in shifting to the innovation-driven model. Based on the conducted research, the article evaluates effectiveness of the use of human capital and analyzes the causes of the existing contradiction. Materials and Methods. The theoretical foundations of the study include the works of Russian and foreign academic economists, generalization and critical analysis of which made it possible to show the indirect impact of human capital on sustainable development. Based on data from the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, its territorial offices and the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, the efficiency of the use of human capital by Russian regions was calculated employing the index method and it was compared with the level of the socio-economic development. Results. The level of innovation activity in Russia’s regions remains low. Innovation has not become a driving force for sustainable development. One of the reasons for this is low effectiveness of the use of human capital. Calculations of this indicator, carried out according to the adopted methodology, make it possible to conclude that Russia’s regions use slightly more than half of the accumulated human capital. Consequently, there are reserves for boosting innovation activity. Indirectly, this is evidenced by the comparison of the level of socio-economic development of the region and the index of effectiveness of the use of human capital. Discussion and Conclusion. The conducted research makes it possible to conclude that increasing effectiveness of the use of human capital will contribute to the growth of innovation in the economy of the regions and thereby facilitate the transition to the model of sustainable development.

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