The role and importance of city tourism in modern tourist industry

Abstract

The article considers the urban type of tourism as a factor contributing to the socio-economic development of not only a single city, but also neighboring regions. The growing importance and role of international tourist exchanges and the provision of tourism services in the context of international trade, as well as the role of tourism in the economies of individual countries, and the share of tourism services in the GDP of a particular state are shown. A number of understandings of urban tourism as a modern phenomenon from the perspective of theorists in the field of tourism are presented. Several definitions of a new kind of tourism for Kazakhstan are considered. The role of world cities in tourism production from the point of view of a historical retrospective was studied. Some statistical data on the development of urban tourism, both in the world as a whole and in the country, in particular, are analyzed. Examples of world-scale events at the metropolitan areas are given. The results of further development of Astana as a center for event tourism were summed up.