POTENTIAL OF ASEAN STATES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OUTBOUND TOURISM OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS

Abstract

The article gives a general characteristic of association of the states of South-East Asia and analyses longitudinal tourist preferences of citizens of the Russian Federation when choosing the country of rest, an analysis of the ASEAN statutory documents is given. A set of natural, ethnographic and cultural-historical factors, which are elements in attracting Russian tourists to these countries, is also investigated. ASEAN countries with high, medium and low levels of tourist attraction, which is conditioned by the level of development of tourist infrastructure and the purpose of visiting states, are defined. Quantitative and qualitative levels of development of transport infrastructure, accommodation, catering, cultural, leisure and animation activities were analyzed. The indicators of international tourism in 2020 were analyzed, which decreased by 70%, which corresponds to the indicators of 1990.

In 2020, a pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus infection hit the world community. Due to quarantine measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the tourism industry has suffered a loss of 10 times that of 2009 and is in crisis. National leaders are taking action to address the situation in tourism and the vaccination process is helping the tourism industry to rebound and recover.