New trends in the field of educational tourism services and academic mobility in the context of sanctions restrictions

The article discusses current trends in the development of educational tourism and one of the forms of its implementation - academic mobility of students; the author's interpretation of educational tourism is given, the main subjects of activity in the market of educational tourism services are characterized, the relationship between the concepts of «educational tourism» and «academic mobility» is substantiated. As an information base, scientific publications are used, selected by keywords within the research topic, starting from 2015, as well as open factual information on academic mobility programs, demonstrating new trends in the choice of partner countries under restrictions. The main methods used in the work are the methods of meaningful analysis and systematization of theoretical positions, as well as the method of analyzing factual information and comparative analysis of data on the intensity and directions of academic mobility in the current period. The article provides a systematization of theoretical approaches and describes the main subjects of the educational tourism services market; the author's position is given, in which it is proposed to consider academic mobility as one of the forms of educational tourism. The paper clearly demonstrates the shift of academic mobility programs towards cooperation with educational institutions of the Asian and Middle Eastern regions, as well as partner universities from the CIS member states.