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Vilayat İsmayilov, Aygun Samadova, Sarraf Mirzayev: The Role of Rural Tourism in
the Development of the Rural Economy
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healthcare organ izations as well as their remote location sharply reduces the
prospects for rapid development of rural tourism. Besides it, not developing the
regulatory-legal base of the rural tourism, investing in small quantities by the state,
leads to the low quality service for those who are resting here, and all these results
not only with the violation of hygienic conditions but also in a breach of security
rules. The condition of roads in villages is also unsatisfactory and this fact also
effect to the tourist services and reduces service opportunities, at the same time, it
does not allow the elimination of obstacle in rural areas in the future. One of the
main factors that hinders the development of rural tourism is the low staffing level
for working in the rural areas. In the solution of these problems, the state has already
started implementing special programs. In some regions of our republic the surveys
has been conducted individually for tourism and for the tourist attitudes. In this
surveys it was clear that the rural population’s attitude towards tourism is positive
and the rural population have no objections to staying the tourists in the rural homes.

When the owners of the home and their family members accommodate tourists in their
rural homes they should be ready for providing the tourists with relevant services. For
this purpose, it is important to enlighten the rural residents in this sphere. The
reception of tourists, accommodation of tourists, bedding sets and food supply and
also providing accurate information about local traditions, provision of additional
services (transportation, guide book, translating, hunting etc.) and training on other
rules are also very important.

State support for the tourism industry in Azerbaijan is to stimulate the needs of the
population in the services of travel agencies. As a result of the effectiveness of state
tourism policy, the profitability of the tourism industry is expanding, and its share of the
national economy is growing dynamically. In connection with these, the Shahdag
winter-summer tourist complex was realized in Azerbaijan, which is one of the amazing
corners where you can enjoy breathtaking landscapes and managed by leading world
companies, offers high-quality service and is equipped with modern ski equipment.

The top 10 low-cost ski resorts in Russia and neighboring countries included 3
Russians: Belokurikha (Altai Territory), Zavyalikha (Chelyabinsk Region),
Krasnaya Sopka (Kamchatka); 1 Belarusian Logoisk (Minsk); 1 Kyrgyz Karakol
(Bishkek); 1 Uzbek Chimgan (Tashkent); 1 Azerbaijan Shahdag winter-summer
tourist complex (Gusar); 1Ukrainian Bukovel (Carpathians); 1 Georgian Bakuriani
(Tbilisi) and 1 Kazakhstani Shymbulak (Almaty).

The growth of tourist activity, measured in the number of tourists arriving in other
countries and income from their services. Since, by comparing the statistics, the

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