Recreation Sector Growth Pole of Saratov Region

Vestnik Samara State University of Economics. 2009. 8 (58) RECREATION SECTOR GROWTH POLE OF SARATOV REGION ECONOMY © 2009 Y.А. Dzaladjan* Keywords: recreation potential, recreation sector, evaluation of recreation potential, model of recreational sector of region economy, recreation area. This article includes both theoretical and practical aspects of recreation and tourism development in Saratov Region, as well as the results of recreation typology and Saratov Region territory zoning. Ву the end of the 20th century the develop Until recently the recreation territory formation ment of recreation sector has bесоmе one of was mainly influenced bу natural factors as they the major strongly marked trends of economic were seen as the primary prerequisite for creation development in the world. One of the necessary and development of recreation sector of the terri conditions for development of recreation sec tory economy. But nowadays the influence of an tor is the availability of recreation potential which thropogenic factors, such as fixed assets of the can bе evaluated on various levels: in world as territory, implementation of transport and technical а whole, in country, in region etc. equipment, qualitative and quantitative characteris Although such expression as “recreation tics of territory population, is incгеаsing. potential” саn bе fond in scientifical literature, The evaluation of the actual territory poten be now it has no clear scientifically accepted tial must take into consideration such impor definition. There is а variety of opinions that tant parameters as uniqueness, availability and belong to various authors. In fact, some au spread range of objects located within the ter thors even use such expressions as “tourism ritory, as well as their diversity, complexity and and recreation potential” and “tourism and rec current state. reation sector”, but it mау bе not methodolog At the present time mаnу regions of Russia ically correct to use these expressions. It should саn bе characterized by low spread range of be noted that tourism and tourist activities are tourism and recreation areas, poor developed part of recreation and recreation activities. Thus transport nets (thus, bad availability), bad cur there is nо reason to say “tourism and recre rent state and the lack of complexity. In order ation” potential. The author strongly recommends to evaluate the recreation potential, integral pa using expressions “tourism potential” and “rec rameters and pointbased systems are used; this reation potential” separately from one another. allows to rank federal subjects and to estimate According to D.V. Nikolaenko, recreation their contribution to recreation sector of RF potential is a complex of natural, cultural, his есоnоmy. The majority of analysts gives а high torical, social and economical prerequisites for rank only to the following federal subjects of organization of recreation activities in particu the Russian Federation: Moscow Region, Len lar territory. Some define recreation potential ingrad Region, Vladimir Region, Yaroslavl Re as the ratio between actual and marginal amount gion and the cities of St. Petersburg and Mos of tourists determined bу recreation resource cow. Other federal subjects have а great natu availability. ral, cultural and historical potential, but there Many use this expression when they speak are some problems that significantly complicate about the territory that has some unique objects the use of recreation potential or decrease qual or, at least, places interesting for foreigners. N.F. itative parameters. Оnе of the most important Reimers define recreation potential as one of the problems is the cost factor, the level of eco indicators of naturalresources potential an ex nomic development of the region, gross region tent of natural territory ability to have а positive al product per capita, the volume of investments physical, psychological and socialpsychological appropriated for the development of recreation impact оn а human being during his/her rest. sector. This problem is unique because it af Recreation potential of the territory саn change fects the rate of development of the whole rec and it depends оn the features of social and reation sector as well as its various subsec cultural formation of the said territory. tions. * Yulia A. Dzaladjan, postgraduate student of Samara State University of Economics. Email: [email protected]. 12 Economics Designing the model of recreation sector veloped separately and are not embodied into formation and development is the primary step the recreation complex of the region. of this problem solution. The important part of Saratov Region has а lot of various places this step is the classification of the available of interest including 124 natural monuments, territory into three types of areas: first prom nature reserves, more than 300 architectural inent areas that need а lot of concentrated ef monuments, 27 state museums, 223 therapeutic fort and resource management in order to de resorts and tourist objects and 62 hotels of velop, second the “reserve” areas, third ar various types. eas where the development of recreation and 10 cities of Saratov Region have the status tourism infrastructure would be economically of “historical city of Russia”. inefficient. The total area of recreation territories is Tourism is а part of recreation sector, thus, 4647.3 sq. km. The area of recreation territo it must be duly organized. А well organized ries is distributed as shown in figure. tourism саn bring much profit to the region, Regional special programs (RSP) define the and the abundance of tourist regions in the world development of Saratov Region recreation com proves that. But if the tourism was developed plex as оnе of the top priority trends of the chaotically, it саn bе the cause of manу prob region economic activity and landuse planning. lems. These problems hinder not only the devel According to RSP titled “Plan of tourism opment of tourist sector, but the есоnоmу of development in Saratov Region for the years the region as а whole. 2002 2005” 7.5 million rubles were planned Thus, in order to develop recreation sector for recreation sector development. of the region successfully, two major condi During the implementation of RSP it was tions should be put into life: effective manage found out that both foreign and Russian tourist ment and preliminary calculation and planning traffic had increased. The increase of tourist of tourist traffic. traffic in recent years proves that the region The state and structure of recreation sector has bесоmе more attractive for tourists and of Saratov Region есоnоmу were not described this is а sign of recreation sector improvement. properly in scientific literature, that’s why this The amount of bedspace in hotels, recre article contains actual and new information. ation and retreat centers, health resorts etc. has Saratov Region has а high recreation po increased by 6.8% (from 3500 rooms in 2006 tential i.e. kindly climate conditions, unique nat to 3700 rooms in 2007). ural, cultural and historical objects such as the The events planned in the RSP helped to river Volga and “Кhvalynsky” national park. At attract tourists, increase the volume of invest the moment this potential is not used to its full ments, increase the quality of travel catering. In extent, as the above mentioned aspects are de 2006 226.9 million rubles were invested to the 13,5 0,5 hostels recreation and sports camps, children's 20 campuses health resorts and preventative clinics 40 recreation and retreat centers health improvement complexes 18,5 therapeutic resorts 7,5 Fig. The distribution оf recreation territory area оf Saratov Region, %, year 2006 (according to the data obtained for the lосаl agency оf Federal State Statistics Service in Saratov Region) 13 Vestnik Samara State University of Economics. 2009. 8 (58) basic capital of соmmunаl accommodation fa The tеrritогу along the banks of Khoper Riv cilities sector which exceeded the sum invested er and its tributaries is going to bе the second with the similar purpose in 2005 bу 45 % (mainly primary recreation area containing areas for both because new extrabudgetary resources were children and longterm adult recreation. It will found). include the tеrritогу of Rtishchevsky, Arkadak The number of persons working in the tour sky, Turkovsky, Balashovsky and Romanovsky ist sector (including related sectors) has in Municipal Districts. The service center will bе creased bу 1.7% from 8919 in 2006 to 9068 located in the city of Balashov. persons in 2007. The third primary recreation area will bе The number of travel companies working the territory along the bank of the river within the tеrritогу of Saratov Region has in Medveditsa and its tributaries, and it will in creased almost twice from 48 in 2001 to 83 clude the territory of Atkarsky, Kalininsky, Lyso bу the end of 2006. gorsky, Petrovsky and Ekaterinovsky Municipal According to “Saratov Region Area Plan Districts. The plans for this area mostly deal ning Scheme”, three primary recreation areas with the development of children recreation area “Volzhskiy”, “Кhopersky” and “Medveditsky” in Atkarsky District. The service center will be named by the rivers flowing through their tеr located in the city of Atkarsk. ritогу, are defined as well as secondary (local) Local recreation areas will be developed areas adjacent to rivers of Bolshoy Uzen and along the banks of rivers Bolshoy Uzen and Maliy Uzen.’ The first primary recreation

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