Transformation of Russians’ Tourist Practices in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Research Article
Acknowledgments
The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project N 20-311-90036.
How to Cite
Cherevkova A.I. Transformation of Russians’ Tourist Practices in the Coronavirus Pandemic. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2021. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 111-120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2021.1.10 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The spread of coronavirus infection has led to the breakdown of common social practices in the labor, educational and leisure spheres. Tourist practices of Russians under the influence of epidemiological, economic and other factors were forced to transform. The article attempts to understand the main trends of these changes. The empirical basis of the study is the results of surveys conducted by leading sociological centers (WCIOM, FOM, Levada Center, etc.) in the period from March to December 2020, as well as statistics provided by the Federal Tourism Agency.
Among the main trends of transformation of the tourist practices of Russians in the period of a pandemic, it is possible to note a general reduction in their intensity, increasing social inequality and the expansion of the tourist exclusion group, the shift to domestic tourism and expansion of geography of tourist routes in the country, individualization instead of mass, generation a request for a health safety and eco-friendly travel. There are multidirectional trends in choosing closer and shorter trips, and at the same time – the spread of long-term practices in which tourism is combined with remote work. In general, this indicates a gradual blurring of the boundary between everyday life and leisure.
Keywords:
tourism, theory of practices, social practices, tourist practices, differentiation of tourist practices, coronavirus infection COVID-19, domestic tourism, groups of tourist exclusion, social inequality
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ATOR summed up the tourist results of 2020 and told about three scenarios in 2021. Assotsiatsiya turoperatorov. Available at: https://www.atorus.ru/news/press-centre/new/53770.html. (in Russian).
“Vedomostiˮ found out about the secret flights of “Aeroflotˮ abroad despite the quarantine. NEWSru.com. Available at: https:// www.newsru.com/russia/25jun2020/secret_flight.html. (in Russian).
Volkov, Yu.G., Kurbatov, V.I. (2020). Global sociology of the pandemic: domestic and foreign scenarios and trends of the post-coronavirus world. Gumanitariy Yuga Rossii, 9, 2, 17-22. (in Russian).
Garfinkel, G. (2007). Studies in ethnomethodology. SPb.: Peter. (in Russian).
Gafiatullina, N.Kh., Kasyanov V.V., Samygin, P.S., Samygin, S.I. (2020). Russian society in the conditions of self-isolation. Social effects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moscow: RUSAINS. (in Russian).
Information on the number of citizens of the Russian Federation placed in collective accommodation facilities. Federal’noye agentstvo po turizmu. Available at: http:// opendata. russiatourism.ru/7708550300-ChislGrazhdan RFRosturizm. (in Russian).
A popular type of recreation among Russians in 2020 has been named. Travel.rambler. Available at: https://travel.rambler.ru/news/ 45492673-nazvan-populyarnyy-u-rossiyan-v-2020-godu-vid-otdyha/?readnext. (in Russian).
Onishchenko exposed the main lobbyists of Turkey in Russia. Federal’noye agentstvo novostey. Available at: https:// riafan.ru/ 1322698-onishenko-razoblachil-glavnykh-lobbistov-turcii-v-rossii. (in Russian).
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Summary statistics. Yandex. Available at: https://yandex.ru/covid19/stat/. (in Russian).
Only rich Russians will be able to rest abroad after the pandemic. ForPost. Available at: https://sevastopol.su/news/tolko-bogatye-rossiyane-smogut-otdyhat-za-granicey-posle-pandemii. (in Russian).
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“Good, but it could have been betterˮ: Rosturizm summed up the results of the tourist cashback program. TourDom.ru. Available at: https://www.tourdom.ru/news/. (in Russian).
Cherevkova, A.I., Nor-Arevyan, O.A. (2019). Socio-philosophical understanding of the concept of “tourist practicesˮ. Interdisciplinarity in modern social and humanitarian knowledge-2019: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. E.Yu. Bazhenova (Ed.). Rostov-on-Don. Taganrog: Izd-vo YUFU. (in Russian).
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Booking.com told how Russians will travel in the next year. Interfax. Available at: https://tourism.interfax.ru/ru/analytics/market_overview/74303/. (in Russian).
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De Souza Bispo, M. (2016). Tourism as practice. Annals of Tourism Research, 61, 170-179.
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Giddens, A. (1984). The constitution of society: Outline of the theory of structuration. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Lamers, M., van der Duim, R., Spaargaren, G. (2017). The relevance of practice theories for tourism research. Annals of Tourism Research, 62, 54-63.
Luzecka, P. (2016). “Take a gap year!ˮ A social practice perspective on air travel and potential transitions towards sustainable tourism mobility. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 24 (3).
MacCannell, D. (1976). The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. Berkley: University of California Press.
Our definition. Global Ecotourism Network. Available at: https:// www. globalecotourismnetwork.org/definition-and-key-concepts/.
Papatheodorou, A., Rosselló, J., Xiao, H. (2010). Global economic crisis and tourism: Consequences and perspectives. Journal of Travel Research, 49 (1), 39-45.
Urry, J. (1990). The Tourist Gaze. Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies. London: Sage.
Zeng, B., Carter, R.W., De Lacy, T. (2005). Short-term perturbations and tourism effects: The case of SARS in China. Current Issues in Tourism, 8 (4), 306-322.
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Received: 30.11.2020
Accepted: 05.03.2021
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Cherevkova, A. I. (2021). Transformation of Russians’ Tourist Practices in the Coronavirus Pandemic. Humanities of the South of Russia, 10(1), 111-120. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2021.1.10
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