The role and place of ethnographic tourism in the development of Russian regions

The article presents a multidirectional grouping of the main types of ethnographic tourism. The characteristic of the factors of the development of ethnographic tourism in the Russian Federation is given. It is concluded that a number of regions of the Russian Federation have sufficient potential and opportunities for the development of ethnotourism. At the same time, the regional peculiarities of some territories have been studied to a lesser extent. The modern period of time is characterized by the development of various tourist destinations, but one of the promising ones is ethnographic tourism, which provides a path for the projected growth of the tourism industry in the regions of the country.