The nature-based tourism potential and development perspectives in the Krasnodar territory (on the basis of the report on the first stage research realization in the framework of the European union foundation «Tempus» grant project «Netour»)

The paper was written on the basis of the interim report about the realization of the first step of the investigations in the framework of the European Union scientific researches support foundation «Tempus» Project № 530529-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-ES-TEMPUS-JPCR - «NeTouR» - «Network for Excellence of Tourism through Organizations and Universities of Russia» and contained the secondary information resources analysis about the current situation and per spectives of the nature-based tourism development in the Krasnodar Territory. Authors suggested the new definition of the nature-based tourism and classified the main directions of its development in the region.