On the issue of Russian tourism in Bulgaria: geopolitical, economic and legal aspects

Tourism is a complex socio-economic system and is an object of analysis of eco- nomics, geopolitics, law, psychology, sociology, etc., which necessitates interdis- ciplinary research. The object of this comprehensive study covers the means to achieve sustainable economic development of tourism in a particular country - Bulgaria in relation to the Russian Federation, and the subject is the considera- tion of three groups of factors actively affecting the state of the sector: geopoliti- cal, economic and state-legal.