Some Issues of Securing SDG 11 in the Legislation on Cultural and Ecological Tourism

Abstract

This article discusses one of the aspects of sustainable development – the sustainable development of tourism in accordance with SDG 11, Task 11.4., aimed at intensifying efforts to protect and preserve the world cultural and natural heritage. The study of this phenomenon was carried out using the analysis of the most important regulatory legal acts operating in the field of tourism, nature protection and historical and cultural values in the Russian Federation and in the Republic of Belarus. Since the majority of authors attribute the purpose of travel to one of the generally accepted criteria for dividing into types of tourism, they consider quite common and popular types of tourism – cultural and environmental, the conceptual apparatus of which, at the same time, is formed under the influence of various conceptual approaches, based on the actual resource potential and features of the promotion of tourist services in the territories of tourist destinations. Based on the analysis of the legislation, conclusions are drawn about the degree of consolidation of Task 11.4. in the considered legislative acts, as well as proposals for amendments and additions to the existing regulatory legal acts are formed.