CITY AS A TOURIST CENTER: DYNAMICS OF THE TOP DESTINATION CITIES´ RANKING


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Article is devoted to a research of dynamics of attendance of the most attractive cities of the world which are the large tourist centers. The analysis of rating of these cities on tourist arrivals by means of a technique of ranging has allowed to reveal practical lack of territorial shifts in the list of leaders during the period from 2012 to 2015, and also to define the most popular regions for visit – Europe and Asia. The factors influencing development of the tourist centers have been revealed and also the assessment of the criteria inducing tourists to the choice of this or that city as the travel purposes is carried out. It is defined that the major criteria at the choice of the tourist direction are: existence of unique sights, beach rest, and also economic availability.

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Alexandra Sergeevna Burkina

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: burkinaalexandra@mail.ru

Student of the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University

6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation

Maria Vladimirovna Potapenko

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Email: potapenko_mv@pfur.ru

Candidate of Economic Sciences, Assistant Professor at the Department of Regional Economics and Geography, Faculty of Economics, RUDN University

6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation

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