Socio-economic recreational and tourism resources of dependent territories of the world: experience of assessment

Abstract

The article describes the experience of numerical score of socio-economic recreation and tourism resources of 30 dependent states and territories in the world. The choice of this specific category of countries as a spatial object of study - dependent and non-self-governing territories - is conditioned by modern trends of growth of consumer tourist services demand for the unique, specific, secure and high-standard destinations. Such areas often have significant recreational potential that is almost unknown to the Russian market of tour offers, and because of this - not in demand