RESPONSIBLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP VISION DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICS

Tourist production and regional development
Marina METREVELI 1 , Irina GOGORISHVILI 2
1
Georgian technical University, Business Engineering Faculty, Georgia
2
lv. Djavakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Economics and Business Faculty
1
metrevelimarina7@gmail.com
Abstract: The dominant place on the Georgian market belongs to the tourist service export, the inbound
tourism. The development of local tourism, which must serve as a basis to develop the national tourist industry
with its volume to exceed that of the international tourism, is of an irregular, unscheduled and instable
nature. The goal of the study of the paper is to describe and characterize the tourist resources and means in
different regions of Georgia and show their role in the economic development of the regions.
The methods of the study were a systemic approach to tourist industries in the regions of Georgia and to
the evaluation of the outcomes of the tourism development generally, and induction, deduction and statistical
methods. The paper describes the cultural heritage of the regions of Georgia, which are the major tourist
destinations and studies the prospects to develop the tourist production industries and infrastructure in the
regions of Georgia. Based on the analysis of the mentioned resources and statistical data about the existing
prospects, the importance of extending the role of tourist policy in the regions of Georgia to ensure the engagement
of the local communities and settlements in the processes is shown. For the study we used the materials
provided by the National Statistics Office of Georgia and Georgian National Tourism Administration.
Keywords: tourist product, regional development, tourist policy, local communities, cultural heritage.
Introduction
The Social-Economic Development Strategy of Georgia “Georgia-2020” considers the priorities
and problems to be solved to achieve long-term, sustainable and inclusive economic
growth of the country. On the other hand, the regional development plays an important role
in achieving the inclusive economic development. The international experience evidences that
inclusive economic growth greatly depends not only on the efficient planning and realization
of the general national, but regional development policy, too, and on the strong and competitive
regions. The regional development is considered as a very important factor to achieve
the general national success.
We have recognized the comparative advantage and specifics of the region and identification
and optimal use of the existing potential of the region as the priority of correct plan-