Development of Reverse Logistics in the Tourist Industry as a Factor of Sustainability of Territory Development

Abstract

The paper considers the issue of stable tourist industry. In this respect the authors define and analyze provisions of reverse logistics in this sphere. Analysis method is used to construct logic scheme and quantify generic feature, generic concept, form of functioning of content and system quality of reproduction of reverse flows. Two groups of consumers of services in tourism are identified: tour consumers and tour collectors. RFR statistics for these two groups are described with the following indices: index of supply of means of production, index of goodwill of tourists, index of the financial burden of tourists and index of the contribution of tourists to economic growth. The authors stress the idea that reduction of the second group negatively affects the sustainable development of the territories