THE ANALYSIS OF TOURISM TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE’S CURRENT STATE IN THE CITY OF ASTANA

It is known that tourism as a process consists of the three main stages: travelling to the destination, staying at the destination and travelling back to the tourists home place. Thus, the transportation encompasses two of three stages in tourism. That makes transportation service one of the vital component for tourism industry development and prosperity. In foreign literature the transportation system belongs to the one of 5 «A’s» of tourism destination (accessibility, attraction, accommodation, awareness and amenities), factors that represent the essential requirements for successful tourism. Without providing the accessibility to the tourist destination it is not likely to create a competitive tourism industry as a whole. This fact determines the urgency of the topic discussed. The transport infrastructure of tourism is considered to be an object of the management field. In this paper the essence of tourism transport infrastructure concepts is revealed, the definition of its notion is given, the main criteria for its classification is proposed, as well as made the recommendations on improving the current situation in tourism transport infrastructure. The author made an attempt to analyze the tourism transport infrastructure in the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan by employing the method of expert survey. 28 representatives of tourism sector were interviewed. The main results of that survey allowed the author to make some suggestions on improving the situation.

transport infrastructure, tourism, management, cluster approach, development, accessibility of tourism, classification, criteria, транспортная инфраструктура, туризм, управление, кластерный подход, развитие, доступность туризма, классификация, критерии, көлік инфрақұрылымы, туризм, басқару, кластерлік тәсілдеме, дамыту, туризмнің қол­, жетімділігі, жіктеу, критерийлер

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