Methodological Problems Of Statistical Study Of Regional Tourism And Tourist Expenditure

Tourism Economy of Kemerovo Region in 2009-2017: Strategies, Results, and Challenges

“…The main problems in studying the development of tourism in Russia are related to identifying the criteria and indicators that allow for objective assessment of the tourism economy development. It is argued that in Russia, over 50 statistical forms represent the main tourism indicators [3]. Thus, researchers have suggested different criteria for evaluating the development of tourism in a region, e.g.…”

“…Thus, researchers have suggested different criteria for evaluating the development of tourism in a region, e.g. the number of tourism arrivals, the origin of the tourists; the number of collective accommodation facilities, rooms and people accommodated; the number of catering companies; the number of tourism companies [4]; the number of tour operators, and the amount of tourism, hotel and resort services [5]; the travel and tourism contribution to the GDP and to employment [3]; the number of domestic and international arrivals, tourism share in the regional GDP, and the number of travel agents and commercial accommodation facilities [1]. In this article 7 statistical criteria were selected for analyzing the development of tourism in Kemerovo region in 2009-2017, namely: the amount of paid tourist services provided, the amount of paid services provided by accommodation facilities, the number of accommodation facilities, the number of 3-or more-star hotels, the number of accommodation facilities' employees, the number of Russian citizens who stayed at accommodation facilities, and the amount of taxes paid by industry representatives to all budgets.…”