International Review of Management and Marketing ISSN: 2146-4405 available at http: www.econjournals.com International Review of Management and Marketing, 2017, 7(1), 59-65. Event: Strategies of Tourism Development in Primorsky Krai (Russia) Natalya Stepanovna Martyshenko1*, Angelina Georgievna Kim2 1Vladivostok State University of Economy and Service, Gogol 41 Street, Vladivostok 690014, Russia, 2Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok v. Ayaks 690091, Russkii Island, Russia. *Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Primorsky Krai with its rich natural tourism potential hasn’t yet found its place in the international market, so event-marketing can help to solve this problem. The impact of mass events may occur as an indirect and direct inclusion in the program of the tour. In this work there are examples of public events in the Primorsky region, which have a significant international impact and, moreover, tend to grow in popularity among tourists. The largest international exercise, which had opened a new page in the development of the Russian Far East was the APEC Summit, which was held in Vladivostok in September 2012. Keywords: Event-strategy, The International Tourist Market, Festival JEL Classifications: L83, Z32 1. INTRODUCTION activities to promote tourism territory without even realizing its theoretical significance. However, the conscious application of Event marketing is becoming more and more popular, and more event-strategy can make the procedure of positioning the regional and more companies have resorted to organizing events, through tourist product more clear and effective, considering the activities its marketing strategy. This is one of the effective instruments of within a unified system. Academic value of the event-strategy is the company or its product. In this paper, we propose to consider that the combination of technically similar events in a single block the event-strategy of not a single enterprise, but in a sector of the makes it more deeply and fully explores their technology. Thanks regional economy, namely the tourism industry. to event marketing the lasting effect is achieved: The event has ended, but the results were far beyond its limits, they also impact The subject has attracted the attention of scientists from different before the event, and after its termination, or even indirectly affect countries (Taks et al., 2009, Pillay and Bass, 2008, Quinn, 2010, those who missed the event, but is included in the target group. Ziakas, 2014). However, most of the works devoted to the The most concise operation scheme of event marketing is given impact on tourism of the various major events (such as sports) in the book of Shumovich (2008) (Figure 1). without addressing the complex event-measures at the tourist site. Primorskiy Kray of Russia does not have sufficient strength According to the authors, the event strategy is perfectly suited and started its active development as a tourism area for fewer for the tourist industry because tourism service has a number than 10 years, so the event-strategy is one of the most important of specific features. The main features are the “four not-rule:” incentives for tourism development in the region. Intangibility; continuity of production and consumption; failure to store tourism services; impermanence of the service quality. 2. METHODS In the international tourism market the problem to promote the new All the most famous tourist regions today actively used event- tourist site is complicated by the border barriers. If in other areas strategy, often without selecting it in a number of other marketing of international business, international contacts are developing International Review of Management and Marketing | Vol 7 • Issue 1 • 2017 59 Martyshenko and Kim: Event: Strategies of Tourism Development in Primorsky Krai (Russia) Figure 1: Marketing multiplier activities One of the scientific events which could claim to be a significant international developments in the region would be the Vladivostok international ecological forum “Nature without borders,” which has a great importance for development of the environmental programs and eco-tourism in Primorsky Krai. Today, the Primorski Krai is the traditional venue for meetings of the government, business, and nongovernmental organizations - active participants of the international environmental movement. In October 2014, this forum took place for the eighth time. The last forum was attended by some 500 experts from Russia, Japan, Korea, China, the United States, Holland, Great Britain and Finland - representatives of various research institutes, governmental and non-governmental environmental organizations, government bodies of Russia and of the Russian Federation, local specialized units and prepared for this kind of people, the tourism self-government, enterprises and resource users. consumers themselves are involved in the international economic process governed by specific legislation. On the way of promoting One of the main objectives at the forum is to create a unified the tourist product in the territory of another country there are a environmental space and the further development of international lot of barriers. relations in the field of environmental protection in the regions of North-East Asia. More information on forums “Nature without The advertising companies may not give the desired effect. If to borders” can be found on the standing forum website (Nature speak about the international incoming tourism in Russia, along without borders, 2015). with other factors, inhibiting its development, it can be called that there is a basic ignorance of tourist opportunities in many regions of Although this forum is already quite long, it hasn’t still received Russia. Even most of the inhabitants in the European part of Russia a notable international resonance. According to reporters present have a very vague idea of the natural complex in the Primorsky at the last forum, it was too calm and measured. In the authors’ region. It is no surprise that even the booming outbound tourism opinion, the forum has not revealed its potential. There is a need for market in North-East Asia, despite the geographical proximity, yet more study international experience in major international forums considers Primorsky Krai as a promising tourist territory. However, and the timing for initiating to the number of side forum events. certain types of tourism in Primorsky Krai with success could be competitive in regional and international tourism market. To Specialized international exhibitions promote popularization of do this, you need to clearly articulate a strategy for positioning the tourism areas in the region. In the year of 2014 in Vladivostok the regional tourism product. A prime example of a successful there was the 18th internatonal exhibition “DALTOUR-2014.” In policy to position the tourist product is the tourist industry in recent years, the exhibition has established itself as the largest South Korea, which, with no significant tourist resources in recent tourism and representative trade fair in the Russian Far East. years has become a leader in the development of tourism in the Every year Vladivostok attracts more and more participants from world tourist market. One of the competitive positioning for the foreign countries. So, in 2014, the activities undertaken in the tourist product of the Primorsky region is the available international framework of the exhibition was attended by representatives of tourism market, presented in the following works (Martyshenko, the Primorsky region, other regions of Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, 2011, Martyshenko, 2013). For the tourist product offer to find Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Australia, Britain, its foreign consumers it is needed to go a long way. One solution Malaysia, the Czech Republic, etc. The thematic sections of of this problem is to develop the event- strategy that is not born the exhibition involved tour operators, travel agencies, state in a vacuum. To formulate such a strategy it is required to base government tourism, tourist associations, associations, unions, on already existing activities, increasing their popularity and airlines, banks, museums, educational institutions, carrying out international significance. Here are some of the activities that could preparation of specialists in the field of tourism and organizers form the basis of event-strategy on the territory of Primorsky Krai. of education abroad. 3. BODY Main objectives of the tourism exhibition “Daltour -2014” were the following: Demonstration of the tourism potential in the 3.1. Scientific Congresses, Forums and Exhibitions Primorsky region, taking into account the prospects to implement Among the significant international activities to enhance the major projects in tourism, the expansion of international contacts knowledge about tourism opportunities in the region, there are the in the field of tourism and experience exchange with foreign major scientific congresses and forums. In the capital of Primorsky partners, improving the attractiveness of tourist infrastructure region there is a considerable scientific potential. Here every year in the Primorsky region, creation of favorable conditions for dozens of scientific conferences with international participation strengthening interaction between representatives of tourist take place. However, there are practically no major scientific business in Primorsky Krai with the business community in the forums with mass participation.