Development of Tourism and Recreational Complex of Crimea

Abstract

The article examines the modern problems of the tourism industry development in the Republic of Crimea with the aim of elaborating comprehensive measures for the development of tourism infrastructure in the region, assign tasks, public-private partnerships in the management of tourism and recreational complex of Crimea. The article is aimed at the process of the development of tourism and recreational complex of Crimea. Particular attention is given to the theoretical-methodological and practical framework for the development of tourism and recreational complex of Crimea at the present stage of economic development. 
 Analysis of the demand for tourist services in Crimea in 2012-2016, shows a range of tourist accommodation and leisure segments. As a result, it is noted the positive trend of tax revenue over that period from tourism facilities of Crimea in structure of total tax revenue, which confirms the urgency of developing Crimean tourism industry. Based on the initial data the authors provide a SWOT-analysis of investment attractiveness of the Republic of Crimea, for considering the development problems of investment attractiveness of the Crimea and find ways to address them. Using a logistic method of economic dynamics, the authors develop probabilistic optimistic and pessimistic projections of tax revenues from the subjects of tourism and recreational complex till 2020. The Republic of Crimea may enter a completely different level of development, corresponding to international standards. 
 Based on the presented potential and classification of various types of tourism, the authors represent the government decisions on the establishment of five tourist-recreational clusters on the peninsula, as well as investment applications in the tourism sector. 
 The research results make it possible to identify the main competitive advantages of the tourism and recreational complex of the Republic of Crimea on the international market and the prospects for its further development.

Political Instability Equals the Collapse of Tourism in Ukraine?

“…The Russian government is also promoting the Crimea as a tourist region by employing patriotic attitudes associated with the 2014 Russian annexation of the peninsula. Kirilchuk and Nalivaychenko [70] note the political significance of the region to the Russian Federation. The relationship between geopolitics and tourism development is readily observable in the Crimea, as noted by Doan and Kiptenko [8].…”

“…On the other hand, certain barriers to development do exist in the Crimea including transportation isolation and geographic isolation from Russia along with the effects of economic sanctions, which may also expand in the future. Other problems include infrastructural issues (i.e., natural gas, electricity, water), conflicts between different ethnic groups residing in the Crimea, and deepening armed conflict in neighboring areas [70,98].…”