Состояние, проблемы и перспективы развития санаторно-курортной и туристской отрасли Республики Крым

The article highlights the strategic goal of the development of the Republic of Crimea (RC), part of the health resort and tourism industry and has set a target of achieving the strategic objectives of the region’s development. The analysis of statistical data on collective accommodation, selected problems of development of health resorts and tourist complexes of the RC is suggested. Highlighted is the question about creating the infrastructure for the development of six tourist and recreational clusters, and identified are the priority tasks of the state programs of the RC in the medium term (2015-2017 years). The clusters will be implemented in the period from 2015 to 2020. Total funding for the creation of clusters in the RC from the Federal budget is 28 160,7 million rubles. Funds will be used to work on the creation of the associated engineering infrastructure on the territory of each TRC. The implementation of the clusters involves the construction of tourist infrastructure at the expense of investors. Analyzed is the distribution of tourists by country of arrivals in the RC in the transition period 2014 Reflected positive trends in the work of the Ministry of resorts and tourism of the RC, together with the Federal Agency for tourism of the Russian Federation and Single transport Directorate to ensure transport accessibility of other regions of Russia with RC. The article stresses basic problems of the health resort and tourist industry in a difficult transition period, the main of which are problems of transport logistics and delivery of tourists to the territory of the Crimean Peninsula. This problem today is being solved. The author proposes solutions for other important issues.