Keyword: «tourist system»

Globalization and integration of economic, political and information space have led to changes in the tourist area. To study and understand the tourist space tourism it should be considered as a system, i.e. the inter-connection of geographical, social and productive systems. The paper describes the elements and relation-ships of tourism, also in terms of its regulation and management. Inhomogeneity of tourist space allows to make its typology taking into account tourist risks.