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Abstract
The paper’s goal is to presents contemporary approaches to understanding of sustainable
development, role of tourism in assurance of sustainable rural development, and analyses
the practical issues of efficient utilization of tourist and recreational potential on the example
of the Caucasus Mineral Waters resort area. Methods of benchmarking analysis, SWOTanalysis
and program prognosis are implemented. The major results of the current research
are authors’ interpretation of regional sustainable development by means of utilization of tourist and recreational potential; conclusion that assurance of sustainable economic development promotes investment attractiveness, development of its tourist and recreational
infrastructure, sanatorium, resort, engineering, technical, transport and touristic spheres.
One of the most important issues of the current topic is effective preservation and rational usage of existing environmental, climatic, health and recreational resort resources of resort and rural territories.