Prospects for international cooperation in the field of rural tourism (based on the example of Russia and Serbia)

Don State Technical University, Gagarin Sq., 1, Rostov-on-Don, 344003, Russia

^* Corresponding author: kafedra_tiig@mail.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of priorities of cooperation between Russia and Serbia in the field of tourism. The theoretical and methodological basis of research in the field of tourism, including in relation to the objects of research, is analyzed. Basic works on the problems of rural tourism and its territorial differentiation have been studied. The experience of Serbia in the development of rural tourism and the possibility of transferring it to the territory of the Rostov region have been studied. The key objects for the development of rural tourism in Serbia are characterized and their specificity is determined. The tourist resources of the Rostov region for the development of rural tourism have been studied. Using the comparative analysis methodology, a comparison of the resources and tourism development of the two territories was carried out. Promising event activities on the territory of the Rostov region have been identified, on the basis of which it is possible to create basic areas for the development of rural tourism. The typification of these activities and their spatial localization were carried out. The areas of cooperation between states in the area under study have been identified. The long-term program of events in the scientific and educational spheres, in the cultural plane, and in the legislative field has been detailed. A system of relationships between states in the field of rural tourism is also outlined, including through the development of tourism infrastructure and the construction of ethnocultural complexes..