Marketing Research into the Tourist Attraction Potential of Podolsk Urban Okrug
Podolsk has a high tourist and recreation potential determined by the following contributing factors:favourable climate and environmental conditions, rich historical and architectural heritage, easy-to-access cultural and tourist institutions, extended tourist infrastructure, well-preserved and nurtured folk traditional core. However, a number of factors are detrimental to tourism development in Podolsk urban okrug, among them are unavailability of a database shared by tourism providers or a register / inventory of tourist resources. Therefore, projects concerning the construction of re-erected tourist complexes are to take into account not only the tourism-type-related demand dimensions, but also the nature and formal of the tourist offer: availability of tourist resources and personnel resources in compliance with ecological requirements and economic viability. The authors undertake marketing research into the tourist attraction potential of Podolsk urban okrug, and use the results obtained to formulate proposals aimed at enhancing the tourist attractiveness of the urban okrug.