SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE TOURISM AND RECREATION ZONE “BAIKAL HARBOUR”

Michael Slipenchuk; Natalia Sedova; Elena Vorobyevskaya

doi:10.2298/IJGI1602325S

Authors

Michael Slipenchuk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Environmental Department, Moscow, Russia
Natalia Sedova Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Environmental Department, Moscow, Russia
Elena Vorobyevskaya Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Environmental Department, Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1602325S

Keywords:

sociological research, tourism and recreation, Baikal region

Abstract

Lake Baikal, as the World Natural heritage site, represents an area in Russian Federation, where any economic activity is strictly regulated. According to the legislation, the prospects for economic activity within the Baikal Region can be linked to tourism. Special Economic Zone of tourism and recreation (TRZ) “Baikal Harbour” was organized in the Republic of Buryatia (Pribaikalsky District). Tourism is considered to contribute to the socio-economic development of the region, which has long been considered depressed. Comprehensive studies were carried out for several years (2012-2015) in the area of the TRZ “Baikal Harbour”. A special emphasis was given to the analysis of problems and prospects for future development of the Pribaikalsky District in the context of creating “Baikal Harbour”. One of the methods used was sociological research, which revealed some new tendency in the development of the area, as well as different conflicts from the point of view of the local people.

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