BORDER TOURISM AS A FACTOR OF MEDIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE BORDER REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: LEGAL AND NON-LEGAL FIELD

Abstract

Annotation. The article analyzes the legislation of Russia in terms of inbound tourism, including in border areas, some increase in the activity of tourist flows in dynamics and statics, the criminality of regions in statics and dynamics according to data on registered crimes against foreign nationals/ committed by foreign subjects. Average bill of travel services analyzed. The regions most involved in cross-border tourism are indicated (Far Eastern Federal District – Amur Region, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, Northwestern Federal District – Murmansk Region, Karelia, Leningrad Region, Kaliningrad Region, as well as the Republic of Crimea – Sevastopol). We investigate the latent processes that cross-border tourism, due to the turnover of funds, the high number of human flows, the short-term stay of tourists, causes in the border territories. We describe the phenomenon of latent crime, which is displayed in reviews on social networks, implying the activity of trans-national criminal groups (fraud, sale of fake valuables, etc.), the provision of low-quality services (hotels, food outlets), etc. These facts on social and economic security the region has a negative impact, investment and tourism attractiveness of the region is reduced.