Recreational nature management and tourism in the new development plans of the North of Russia

Annotation

Тhe article is devoted to the problems and prospects for the recreational nature management development in the Arctic in connection with the state “Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and National Security for the Period up to 2020”. The author considered modern trends in the development of cruise tourism, environmental problems of the Arctic and the task of embedding recreational and tourist activities in the complex re-development of the Arctic and the North. The result of the study is the conclusion about the expediency of integration of the tourist-recreational sphere into the complex project of social and economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.

Keywords

the Arctic, nature management, protection of the natural resources, national parks, the Northern Sea Route, cruise tourism

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DOI

10.17238/issn2221-2698.2018.30.23