Scientific Journal SPATIAL ECONOMICS - Regional Ratings for Assessing the Level of Tourism Growth

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Title of the article	Regional Ratings for Assessing the Level of Tourism Growth
Pages	100-122
Author 1	Elena Anatolyevna Fedorova Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Professor Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation 49 Leningradskiy av., Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation Professor School of Finance, Higher School of Economics 20 Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-3381-6116
Author 2	Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernikova Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Professor Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation 49 Leningradskiy av., Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0003-4743-5506
Author 3	Alena Eduardovna Pastukhova Student Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation 49 Leningradskiy av., Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract	The authors of the paper assume that assessment of the regional tourism potential requires a comprehensive study along several lines as well as with different approaches to ranking (assigning rating). Following this logics the goal of the study is formulated as a comprehensive assessment of the regional tourism potential and ranking the regions under 13 tourist zones of Russia after official statistics. Ranking was based on 3 indices: the efficiency index, the tourism growth index and the regional tourism competitiveness index. The methodology included grouping several indices according to statistical methods (DEA, normalization) and expert assessment. The aggregate rating for 2016 and 2017 was also provided. The methodology for the aggregate rating covered the study year; indices of tourist zones were ranked in an ascending order according to scores from 1 to 13. The study has identified tourist zones with high and low levels of growth, and has also revealed Russia’s overall tourism growth since 2014. Top three tourist zones, the Caucasus, the Azov-Black Sea and the Central one were set according to tourism growth in 2016; in 2017 they were the Urals, the Central and the Far Eastern zone. The results of the study are applicable in forming a regional strategy for tourism development
Code	338.48+519.85
JEL	C10, R11, L83
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2020.1.100-122
Keywords	tourism ♦ tourist zones ♦ tourism industry ♦ regional index ♦ tourism growth index ♦ tourist attractiveness of the region ♦ DEA ♦ rating ♦ ranking
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For citation	Fedorova E.A., Chernikova L.I., Pastukhova A.E. Regional Ratings for Assessing the Level of Tourism Growth. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2020, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 100–122. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2020.1.100-122 (In Russian).
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Financing	The paper presents the effects of state budget research carried out after Government Contract of Finance University in 2019
Submitted	23.12.2019
Revised	28.02.2020
Published online	30.03.2020