Justification of Tools for Assessing the Quality of Recreational Resources Reserves

Abstract

In modern conditions, the criteria for assessing the level of development of the tourism and spa sector in the Russian regions, their tourist attractiveness and tourist potential, popularity among domestic and foreign tourists is tourist uniqueness. Uniqueness is ensured by the availability of recreational resources (cultural and historical heritage sites, climatic conditions, balneological resources, and developed main and supporting infrastructures) and their quality level. A comparative analysis of the assessment methods showed that an objective quantitative assessment of the quality of tourist and spa-forming resources is possible using the qualimetry method. The principles of qualimetry, the system of indicators, and mathematical tools of the method do not contradict the goals and objectives of the study. The method of qualimetry does not require the presence of a comparison object since it forms a reference image; it does not require a long time series to obtain a reliable result. Assessing the quality of recreational resources reserves of the competitiveness of tourism and sanatorium organizations is a multicriteria task that is solved within the framework of the qualimetry method. The qualimetry method is a set of comparable methods (the expert assessment method, the graphical method, scaling, the analytical method). The obtained results of assessing the quality level of reserves of recreational resources allow researchers to make informed management decisions.