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Research over the past 20 years has shown the enormous role of tourism in the economies of most countries. First of all, it allows solving problems of stimulating social development of regions. Tourism has a stimulating effect on such sectors of the economy as transport, communications, trade, construction, agriculture, production of consumer goods and contributes to the development of practically all sectors of the economy [1]. In the late 70s of the twentieth century, ecological tourism becomes one of the most p...

The article deals with the basics of the formation of tourism in society, reveals the content of the phenomenon of tourism, offers a unified social system of tourism, its essence, characteristics and philosophical purpose. The analysis of scientific understanding of the phenomenon of tourism based on scientific schools of the Western sociological science is carried out. An attempt is made to systematize the statements of European scientists about the commercial nature of tourism and the creation of a single touris...

Tourism in the modern world, becoming one of the most widespread phenomena in society. This is facilitated, on the one hand, its effectiveness as a form of economic activity, and, on the other hand, the emergence of the society members of new possibilities, i.e., more free time, greater mobility, increased financial possibilities. At the same time, tourism as a social phenomenon, is immersed in the space of modern mass culture and, to a certain extent, is part of it. The phenomenon of tourism is studied in many sc...