National Project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry” as a Tool for Territorial Development: First Results

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 20th century, project management in the public sector has been experiencing a new period of activity, and the introduction of project management into the practice of government regulation has gone through a number of stages. The emergence of national projects (hereinafter NP) of the “first”, “second” and already announced in 2024 by the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin NP of the “third” wave proved that project management in the public sector has been experiencing a new period of activity since the beginning of the 20th century, and the introduction of project management into public practice regulation has become widespread. The national project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry”, implemented relatively recently (2021–2024), influences the achievement of the main national development goals of Russia, which emphasizes its intersectoral, cross-cutting nature. Currently, 7 indicators have been established for this project, for 6 of which official statistical information is generated by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, and for one by Rosstat. The National Project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry” includes three federal projects, each of which is aimed at solving problems and (or) achieving a socially significant result in achieving national development goals. Within the framework of this national project, large-scale work with capital construction projects is envisaged, but so far only a third of Russian regions (30 out of 89) have such facilities, with the Nizhny Novgorod region and Karachay-Cherkessia among the leaders in terms of their number. The national project contains a significant synergistic effect due to the integration mechanism for its implementation within the competence of more than 12 ministries and departments.