Perspective of Samara-Canadian Relations in the Tourism

Abstract

The modern tourist industry is one of the most dynamically developing sectors of world economy and contributes significantly to the formation of the gross domestic product, increase of the balance of payments. It plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the state, contributes to improving the quality of life of the population. In addition, the tourism industry relates to sectors that have significant multiplicative effect in terms of the creation of demand for products related sectors of the economy and employment of the population. At the moment Samara region-Canadian relations in tourism are lacking. There are no studies on this topic. The problem, however, is: the flow of tourists increases every year. Samara tourists increasingly travel abroad, including to Canada. Canadian tourists often visit Russia, but to Samara are rarely. What steps need to be taken to change the situation?

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s3p323