The issue presents the author's vision of branding of tourist territories; analyzes scenarios of film tourism development; offers a view on the peculiarities of management in tourism in the context of globalization. The issues of professional education include the analysis of the European sectoral qualifications framework with the description of the levels defining the relevant professional competencies, and touch upon another important issue - the features of distance learning. In the regional section, some publications are devoted to the study of tourism in Altai Krai and the Republic of Altai, and some - in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The articles are devoted to such issues as the creation of mobile application “Chuisky trakt - tourist meridian of Siberia”; specifics and problems of tourism development in pandemic and postpandemic periods in the Republic of Altai; the use of tourist potential of Bayanaul Nature Park; the impact of desertification problems on the sustainable development of tourism in Kazakhstan, and other topics.