This article is devoted to the disclosure of the essence and structure of the tourist complex as a specific type of socio-economic system at the regional level. The efficient and successful functioning of the economy of any territory as a single economic complex should be accompanied by the improvement of the organization of production structures and the rationalization of its sectoral composition. Thus, the improvement of the tourism sector occupies one of the most important places among a large set of interrelated issues in the development of the regional economy, which is due to the multiplier effect in the development of this industry. The authors analyzed the state, unique characteristics, level of potential and prospects of development of the tourism industry in order to identify the vector of social and economic growth of the region on the example of the Republic of Kalmykia.

Objective changes in the national economy provide sufficient grounds for state authorities to realize the importance of not only professional training of employees but also their retraining and further education. Thus, the widespread introduction of information and electronic technologies in all branches of the national economy systematically requires the availability of specialists with a high level of knowledge, experience, and new competencies in the labour market. Long-term neglect in the development of a uniform model in the training system of the studied categories of individuals has led to the fact that the labour market of regions, including municipalities, has experienced difficulties of a chronic nature. Therefore, the system of training unemployed citizens and socially vulnerable categories of people (parents who are on maternity leave, disabled people, people of pre-retirement age) should have new methods, technologies, and tools that are more effective than those that were