Development of the tourism and hospitality industry in the Finno-Ugric countries

The paper analyzes the industry of development of hospitality in the Finno-Ugric countries. It gives an assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the studied issue, which allowed to identify opportunities and threats of the industry's lag from other European competitor countries. The author delineates and specifies the internal and external factors affecting development of the tourism industry in foreign Finno-Ugric countries. The external factors are presented as indicators of the state of development of the industry, and the internal ones - as a mechanism of implementation of tourist services.