Inclusive tourism as a factor of sustainable development of the territories

FSBEI HE “Bunin Yelets State University”, Kommunarov street, 28, 399770 Yelets, Russia

^* Corresponding author: okotlyarova_78@mail.ru

Abstract

The concept of the sustainable development has been a strategic goal of long-term global development over the past 20 years. The tourism industry is an important component of the sustainable development. The ideas of the sustainable development and sustainable tourism are the object of intense scientific interest and cause conflicting opinions regarding the viability and the possibility of practical implementation in reality. The implementation of the principles of the sustainable tourism is shown on the example of European countries and Russia. In Russia, both at the federal and regional levels, insufficient attention is paid to the problem of updating the principles of the sustainable tourism. UNWTO has formulated the priority goals for the sustainable tourism development, including a barrier-free tourism - ensuring safe and comfortable tourism for all holidaymakers, regardless of gender, race, physical disabilities, etc. The paper discusses some of the applied issues of the inclusive tourism; the experience of foreign countries is characterized; the trends of its development in Russia are determined. Despite the great opportunities for the development of the inclusive tourism in Russia, there are a number of problems, which include: underdeveloped infrastructure, low quality of services; lack of a barrier-free environment for people with disabilities.