Transport Accessibility and Tourism Development Prospects of Indigenous Communities of Siberia

Maria Kuklina, Denis Dirin, Viktoriya Filippova, Antonina Savvinova, Andrey Trufanov, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Viktor Bogdanov, Dmitrii Kobylkin, Alla Fedorova, Anna Itegelova and Eduard Batotsyrenov
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Maria Kuklina: Institute of High Technology, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 664074 Irkutsk, Russia
Denis Dirin: Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Tyumen, 625002 Tyumen, Russia
Viktoriya Filippova: The Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, SB RAS, 677027 Yakutsk, Russia
Antonina Savvinova: Institute of Natural Sciences, M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, 677000 Yakutsk, Russia
Andrey Trufanov: Institute of Information Technology and Data Science, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 664074 Irkutsk, Russia
Natalia Krasnoshtanova: V B Sochava Institute of Geography, SB RAS, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia
Viktor Bogdanov: V B Sochava Institute of Geography, SB RAS, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia
Dmitrii Kobylkin: V B Sochava Institute of Geography, SB RAS, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia
Alla Fedorova: Institute of Natural Sciences, M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, 677000 Yakutsk, Russia
Anna Itegelova: Institute of Natural Sciences, M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, 677000 Yakutsk, Russia
Eduard Batotsyrenov: Baikal Institute of Nature Management, SB RAS, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-31

Abstract: This paper aims to identify details of interaction and mutual influence of tourism and transport infrastructure development using a combination of sociological and statistical methods. For the analysis, five key sites were selected in several parts of Siberia, differing in natural, socio-economic, and ethnocultural quality, but possessing the presence of compact indigenous communities that reproduce traditional forms of both cultural life and economic activity. While each community has its own unique culture and resources for development, several similar characteristics were revealed. It has been revealed that tourists themselves and workers of the tourism sector, including local residents, are unequivocal supporters of transportation system development. A significant part of the population, recognizing the need and advantages of having a well-functioning transport infrastructure, expresses a negative attitude towards easy accessibility of the territory for outsiders who violate the rules and regime for usage of natural resources and augment economic and cultural competition for the local population. Understanding key processes of interrelations, both explicit and hidden, concomitant to socioeconomic development of remote indigenous communities, with the simultaneous development of tourism and transport, allows the authors to propose a model outline of attitudes of local communities towards tourist and transport perspectives in the territory of their residence.

Keywords: transport; Todzhinsky kozhuun; Okinsky district; Tyndinsky district; Neryungrinsky district; transport infrastructure; mining industry; Indigenous communities of the North and Siberia; remote territories; accessibility; tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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