On May 21–24, 2019 employees of Vologda Research Center of RAS visited Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences (Nanchang, China). The purpose of the visit was to participate in the scientific Chinese-Russian seminar “Integration of Cultural Tourism as a Factor of Qualitative Development of Territories’ Economy”.
The delegation included A. Shabunova, director, Doctor of Sciences (Economics); E. Mazilov, head of department, Candidate of Sciences (Economics); E. Lukin, deputy head of department, Leading Researcher, Candidate of Sciences (Economics); M. Gruzdeva, head of laboratory, Senior Researcher, Candidate of Sciences (Economics).
The seminar covered trends and problems of tourism development in Russia and China, both at the regional and national levels. Reports of the Russian and Chinese scientists were devoted to the influence of tourism on the territories’ development, development of separate types of tourism, including scientific, business, rural, ecological and event tourism. The researchers shared the experience of state support in their countries and discussed the prospects for relations between Russia and China in the field of tourism.