Role of regional authorities in promoting tourist industry’s development

Abstract

The article deals with the structure of the strategic management of tourism industry. There given the characteristic of the three main stages of strategic management .Defined the main advantages and disadvantages of development strategies at the national/regions level, socio-economic development programs, programs of the tourism development in the regions. To ensure the sustainable development of tourist industry in Ukraine, we propose to establish regional departments to promote tourism development. Tourist information centers, tourist departments of engineering, departments of international marketing activities, innovative business incubators and co-financed funds of tourism development should be in its submission. Creating such administrative apparatus will be the basis for the formation of the country's long-term strategy for tourism development in Ukraine.