On the Possibility of Including the Vishtynetsky Regional Natural Park of the Kaliningrad Region in the All-Russian Register of Popular Science Tourism Facilities

Aim. To justify the need of increasing the attention to the development of popular science tourism in the Kaliningrad region in accordance with the Concept for the development of popular science tourism in the Russian Federation until 2035.
Methodology. The scientometric method was used (studying the topics of publications of research results conducted in the area, according to the eLibrary portal) and the structural analysis method (the regional park was considered as potentially suitable for the implementation of popular science tourism in there).
Results. It has been confirmed that popular science tourism is a relatively new, but extremely important area of tourism. It can be considered a “showcase” of the country, demonstrating economic power and level of civilization. The role of the scientific community is shown, one of whose tasks as far as the authors could consider is to fill this area of tourism with the new scientific objects. The result of the study was a proposal to include the Vishtynetsky regional natural park in the All-Russian register of popular science tourism sites. The scientific argumentation is supported by results that allow us to consider this object as a territory with significant resources of scientific and educational tourism in a variety of fields of science: from geology and geomorphology to historical and cultural potential, as well as having a developing tourist infrastructure.
Research implications. The proposed approaches take into account conceptual provisions and approaches to understanding the phenomenon of popular science tourism, published by Russian and foreign scientists, as well as recorded in regulatory documents. We believe that the analysis of the definition of popular science tourism proposed in the work, in subsequent studies, can serve as the basis for a holistic methodology and methodology for identifying territories and objects in which the development of popular science tourism will be effective. The practical significance of the study lies in the reasonable expansion of the list of regional objects that have the potential, technological and organizational capabilities for the development of popular science tourism. The results obtained contribute to increasing the attractiveness of the Kaliningrad region as a region with potential for the formation of new routes of popular science tourism due to the involvement of new natural sites. The application of the proposed approaches will make it possible to further identify promising objects of popular science tourism in the other Russian regions.

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