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Zhang, S. L., & Xu, Y. (2024). About the Experience of the Development of Protected Areas in China. Moscow, Materials of the Round Table “Socio-Economic Issues of Tourism Development in Protected Areas”.

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• TITLE: Increasing the Contribution of Specially Protected Natural Areas to the Socio-Economic Development of Regions

  AUTHORS: Shevchuk Anatoly Vasilyevich

  KEYWORDS: Protected Area, Tourism, Ecological Tourism, CIS, PRC, National Project, Federal Project, Assessment Methods, Calculations

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.13 No.5, May 30, 2025

  ABSTRACT: The article considers the issues of increasing the contribution of protected areas to socio-economic development based on tourism development. The relevance of the problem, the general state of tourism development as a whole, including that in protected areas, is presented. Information is provided on the development of ecotourism in the CIS countries (Belarus and Kazakhstan), as well as in China. An analysis of the regulatory framework in the field of ecotourism, including the implementation of the national project “Ecology” and federal projects is given. The research based on the Smolenskoye Poozerye NP is described with the aim of developing a Methodology for assessing the contribution of protected areas to the socio-economic development of the region. Calculations using the example of the Smolenskoye Poozerye National Park are given, as well as recommendations for the further development of ecological tourism in the protected area.