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Regional Tourism Ecosystem as a Tool for Sustainable Development during the Economic Crisis

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  • Anna Polukhina

    (Service and Tourism Department, Volga State University of Technology, 424000 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia)

  • Marina Sheresheva

    (Department of Applied Institutional Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia)

  • Dmitry Napolskikh

    (Department of Management and Law, Volga State University of Technology, 424000 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia)

  • Vladimir Lezhnin

    (Service and Tourism Department, Volga State University of Technology, 424000 Yoshkar-Ola, Russia)

Abstract

The paper aims to examine the perspective on the development of regional tourism ecosystems as one of the pillars of sustainable development in Russian regions. In order to meet the research objective, we combined a variety of methods: the Delphi method to analyse expert views and carry out the process of weighting indicators, mathematical and statistical processing of the evaluation results to obtain a comprehensive estimate of tourism development in Russian regions. We moved through four stages, namely: studying the local ecosystems and natural resources; examination of historical and cultural resources; studying the socioeconomic resources in the regions; evaluating the skills and competencies of regional tourist office staff. Using complex sustainability indicators, we attempted to ascertain, on the one hand, how the current state of the tourism industry in Russian regions affects the overall sustainability of regional development. As a result, we presented rankings of the Russian regions depending on their complex sustainability indicators. On the other hand, we attempted to confirm that the availability, implementation, and establishment of novel approaches determine the future possibilities for the growth and strengthening of regional tourism sustainability. We found that there is a need for pervasive integration of innovations into conventional management approaches, including digital instruments supporting successful regional tourism ecosystem development. Finally, we proposed a model of such an ecosystem as a component of an innovative hypercluster.

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  • Anna Polukhina & Marina Sheresheva & Dmitry Napolskikh & Vladimir Lezhnin, 2024. "Regional Tourism Ecosystem as a Tool for Sustainable Development during the Economic Crisis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-23, January.
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    2. Eleni Gaki & Manolis Christofakis & Andreas Gkouzos, 2025. "Navigating Turbulence to Ensure Sustainability: The Role of Economic Sectors in Shaping Regional Resilience in Greece Amid the Economic Crisis and COVID-19," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-22, March.
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