Event-tourism as a factor in the socio-economic development of the territory

The article is devoted to the investigation of the influence of event tourism on the social and economic development of the territory. The theoretical aspects of the organization of event tourism as one of the most dynamically developing kinds of tourism in the world are examined in the article, the characteristics of event tourism are studied, the successful experience of development of event tourism in the regions of Russia is described, and the factors constraining the development of event tourism in the region are determined.