On creation and development of the north Caucasian federal district tourist cluster

The article highlights the challenges facing the process of creation and development of the North Caucasian Federal District tourist cluster. It provides the results of an analytical research into the development of the tourist industry in the Russian Federation, identifies the constraints to tourist cluster development, the major problems and plausible solutions that may pave the way towards the targeted results. The authors lay out a scheme for tourist cluster creation and define priority directions of training personnel for the tourist and service sector.