Institutional aspects of regional tourism policy in the context of internationalization

The article examines the institutional aspects of regional tourism policy in the context of internationalization. It is established that it is at the regional level of regulation of international cooperation of travel agents that there are opportunities to provide the necessary guarantees to counterparties of operations on a wide range of forms of international economic cooperation. It is necessary to take into account the potential of personal, formal and informal contacts between representatives of the tourism business and local leaders, officials, responsible employees. It is proved that the relationship of tourism companies with local and regional authorities can take various forms, depending on the actual regional conditions. It was found out that the local government can help tourist companies in the formation of demand, it can influence the financial parameters of commercial activity in the relevant territory. At the same time, the regional management schemes that currently exist in the Russian Federation are not capable of performing management functions in such a specific branch of the market economy as tourism. Therefore, the regional level of tourism development is an important constructive element in the strategy of ensuring national competitiveness, bringing the economy of a particular country to a favorable position in the international division of labor.