CARAVANNING TORISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

We report the results of studying the experience of developing caravanning tourism in Russia, including the constraining factors of the development. The comparative state of the caravanning tourism in several European countries and the United States is analyzed, and the main positive parameters are determined. The main problems of the caravanning tourism of the Russian Federation are identified, including the imperfection of the regulatory legislation, the underdeveloped regional road infrastructure and the poor quality of regional roads, the lack of a network of equipped campsites, their classification systems and a unified booking information system, and the lack of caravanning routes. The solution to the above problems is presented in the framework of the proposed concept for the development of the caravanning tourism in the Russian Federation.