The Arctic tourism in Russia

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Author: Yury F. Lukin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2016
• Subjects: The Arctic tourism; Russia; regions; rating; pr; tourism products; Social Sciences; H; Arctic; Sakha; Murmansk; Norilsk; Magadan; Turukhansk; Arkhangelsk; Chukotka; Dolgan-Nenets; Kamchatka; karelia*; khanty; nenets; norilsk; Republic of Karelia; Taimyr; Yakutia; Yamalo Nenets
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2016.25.211; https://doaj.org/article/1303ad3867094e7896578178f7d7db01

In the new book "Arctic tourism in Russia" the basic concepts, resource potential, attractiveness (from Lat. Attrahere: to attract), opportunities and threats of environmental, cruise, international, and other types of tourism in the Arctic are system-based analyzed, for the first time in the literature. The sphere of tourism has becoming an integral sector of the economy, having a multiplicative effect for the development of infrastructure, social services, employment. Reference materials about the tourism products in the Russian Arctic and Far North regions are published, including the Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions; Republic of Karelia, Komi, Sakha (Yakutia); Nenets, the Yamalo-Nenets, Khanty-Mansiysk, the Chukotka Autonomous Districts; Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets Municipal District, Turukhansk district, the city of Norilsk of the Krasnoyarsk region; Magadan region, Kamchatka region.