Approaches to assessing the impact of tourism on the development of related sectors of the regional economy

Subject. Reorienting the Russian economy towards domestic demand, diversifying regional economic systems, the impact of tourism on related economic sectors. Objectives. Development of a comprehensive scientific and methodological toolkit for the structural assessment of tourism’s impact on the development of related sectors of the economy of a Russian Federation subject, allowing to overcome existing statistical limitations. Methods. Systems and factor analysis, econometric modeling, expert judgment method. Results. The need to move towards creating a system that allows for comprehensive monitoring of the dynamics of regional tourism competitiveness has been proven. Testing the proposed approach in practice revealed stable correlations between tourism development and growth in related sectors, confirming the hypothesis about the importance of the multiplier effect even during crisis shocks. Conclusions. The developed toolkit can be used by government authorities to identify the unique competitive advantages of specific areas, to create targeted tourism development strategies, and to objectively justify the amount of government investment in infrastructure projects.