Tourism as a Factor of City Development in the Post-Industrial Economy

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of city tourism. City tourism is now practiced across the whole world; however, it is undervalued in city management as well as in academic research. City tourism is not a new form of tourism as such; as a matter of fact, people have always visited cities with a variety of purposes (business, recreation, to visit friends or relatives etc.). The change in the approach has taken place in post-industrial economy, when its importance in developing the city economy in terms of social, cultural, employment and revenue improvement has become apparent. The case-study method is used in the research. The city of Kazan is the capital of Republic of Tatarstan. The Republic of Tatarstan is one of the most socialeconomic developed region of Russian Federation with population about 3,8 million. 'Developed' and 'basic' factors of tourism development of the City of Kazan were analyzed, as well as dynamic of tourist flows (with accomodation) and number of hotels of Republic of Tatarstan. The most effective way to develop city tourism is combining 'developed' and 'basic' factors of tourism.

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