ANALYSIS AND GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL OUTBOUND TOURISM OF RUSSIAN RESIDENTS DURING THE 2020-2021 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the features of the development of international outbound tourism of Russian residents during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The dynamics of international tourist trips of Russians is presented, the changes that have occurred in the geography of tourist trips of Russian residents in 2020 and 2021 compared to pre-COVID times. The features of the tourist "opening" of countries for tourists from the Russian Federation are shown, the factors influencing visits to individual countries by Russian tourists during the pandemic are studied. The features of visits by tourists from Russia to individual host countries during the pandemic are presented. The problems of development of international outbound tourism of Russians in the modern period are named. The conclusion is made about the main reasons for the tourist "success" of individual states in receiving tourists from Russia - the opening of the country for Russians, the supply of charters from the regions and the weakening of the main anti-COVID restrictions.