The Novosibirsk region territory tourism zoning as the regional tourism development basis

The article look at the basicframework, fundamental principles, and operation potential of tourism zoning as applied to the Novosibirsk region territory. Land-use planning is defined as a toolfor territorial development, long-range strategic planning of types of activity, as well as for socioeconomic problem-solving. A tourism zone is a territory identified to facilitate the tourism industry development, tourist resources conservation and sustainable use. For the purposes of tourist-recreational zoning, the authors conduct a detailed analysis of the natural and socioeconomic settings characterizing the Novosibirsk region, and the status of the current system of assigning location to tourist-oriented objects. The zoning of the Novosibirsk region was based on the analysis of the recreation resources distribution and the assessment of the functional recreational specialization of individual districts, which enable an identification of the zones with the highest potential for individual tourist activity development. In this regard, the authors analyse the tourist potential of the region and describe the general status of the tourism industry. The zone-forming factors considered are the degree of tourist-and-recreation development of the area and the tourist zones specialization, that is, the structure of tourist and recreational functions. Thus, in accordance with the degree of tourist-and-recreation development, the authors identify well-developed, moderately-developed, inadequately-developed, and potential tourist zones. In regards the tourist and recreational resourced, the authors classify zones as business, primary wellness, sporting, mountaineering, cultural-educational, and scientific. Besides, the authors identify the most relevant courses of development as tailored to individual areas of the region, and conclude that the most promising areas are those located in the immediate proximity to the metropolital city of Novosibirsk, with is account for by their accessibility and an adequately high development of the tourist infrastructure.