Cinematic tourism in Russia: types of places and peculiarities of their usage

The article notes that the perception of cinema, as soon as the means of promoting tourism has been transformed into an understanding that films and everything related to their plot and production, under certain conditions, form an independent direction - cinematic tourism, involving visiting places related to the watched films plots or with their filming locations. The author considers the features of the domestic cinematic tourism development. The article examines the current approaches to identifying films and locations that have influenced the tourism development in certain regions. The locations selection takes place basing on the author's methods or by the expert assessment. The author classifies locations of the film tourism according to the creation distinguishing three main types: historical locations; natural landscapes; locations specially created for filming. The article discusses Russian practice of the locations associated with filming usage for the cinematic tourism development. The author underlines locations that classified as natural landscapes and locations specially created for filming, because these locations are essential for tourism. The author notes the main difficulties of domestic cinematic tourism based on the distances and transport accessibility, on comfortable condition for stay and on the insufficient promotion level. The article also notes the useful experience for the domestic cinematic tourism development.