Tourism industry development in the Republic of Crimea

The article describes the current state of the tourism industry of the Republic of Crimea, analyzes the priority directions of modernization and renovation of the hospitality industry, and institutional support of the tourism industry. The subject of the article is the socio-economic indicators of the tourism industry development of the Republic of Crimea. The purpose of the study is to determine the main directions of the tourism industry and the infrastructure providing it. The hypothesis of the study is to identify the dependence of the total number of tourists on the number of beaches used for recreational purposes. The authors uses the structural-functional and systemic approaches. The tourism industry influences the formation of related industries. Modernization and renovation of the hospitality industry includes priority areas for the development of transport and information infrastructures, accommodation facilities, and beach recreation. The development of tourism activities contributes to the solution of several interrelated tasks: improving the quality of services provided and increasing the number of guests of the peninsula, the growth of socio-economic indicators and the formation of a competitive tourism industry of the Republic of Crimea.