Viktoriya Sicheva

The authors discuss the concept of gastronomic tourism and gastronomic tours structure, distinctive features of this type of tourism, as well as the factors influencing the development of this tourism trend both in the world and in Russia. The authors draw the special attention to the study of culinary merits of Russian regions and their attractiveness for foreign tourists and identify the problems in the development of gastronomic tourism in Russia and the ways of their solution.