title: Ecological Tourism in the Mountainous Regions of Russia: Essence and Development Prospects
abstract: This article analyzes modern concepts and approaches of the works of Russian and foreign researchers to the development of ecological tourism as nature-oriented. The concept of mountain ecotourism should include the specific conditions of mountain ecosystems (ecological vulnerability to anthropogenic impact, the dynamics of landscape-forming processes, etc.). In the mountainous regions of Russia, favorable prerequisites exist for the development of various areas of ecotourism (apitourism, agroto
journal: Rossijskij žurnal nauk o zemle/Russian journal of earth sciences