Reasonable Prospects for the Establishment of Local Subregional Tourism and Recreational Clusters in Line with the Specificities of Regional Spatial Development

摘要

The paper is aimed at grounding the prospects for tourism and recreational clusters development at the subregional level with regard to the characteristics of regional spatial development. The methodology proposed for the study was used to define tourism and recreational clusters on the peripheral territories of the Samara Region outside the largest Samara-Togliatti agglomeration based on rankings. The study resulted in the recommendations on the development of seven tourism and recreational clusters at the municipal level of the Samara Region. The practical importance of the research is in the prospective use of its results by government officials and local authorities of the Samara Region aiming at improving management of tourism and recreational cluster development based on the cluster approach.