The priorities of innovation in enterprises of social- cultural service and tourism: Russian experience

The issues related to innovation and innovation activities are of particular importance, because their decision determines the conditions and progress in science and technology, providing opportunities for sustainable economic and social growth in general. The article presents the study of innovation and evaluation of its quantitative and qualitative indicators that characterize the most relevant aspects of innovation in Russian practice, for example, social-cultural service enterprises. The authors justify priority development directions of innovation activity in enterprises of social-cultural service and tourism, which can be used in long-term planning and strategic directions development. The purpose of this article is to explore innovation and its specificity in the enterprises of the social-cultural service and tourism, the identification of problems and the development of priority strategic areas. The article is based on the scientific (abstract-logical analysis and synthesis), monographic, economic-mathematical methods, statistical methods (groups), as well as the method of expert estimations...