
Dear readers! In September the CeMAT RUSSIA exhibition was held, which showed everyone that innovations and robotics are increasingly penetrating the logistics industry. We can safely say that many technologies are tested here, and only then they go out into the world. However, it is not only CeMAT RUSSIA that demonstrates the prevalence of the digital agenda.
Dear readers! This is the ninth issue of the journal, which turned out to be very rich and diverse. Traditionally, the issue is opened by an analyst. The material by Alina Nasyrova from the Market Guide Agency, dedicated to investments in warehouse complexes in Russia, recalls the importance of developing logistics infrastructure for the integrated development of regions.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the eighth issue of the magazine and its materials.
An article presents tourist flow volume assessment methods widely used in foreign and Russian practice, identifies the main problems complicating the definition of tourist flow volume in the Russian regions, either inbound flow or domestic one. Author discusses the methodology of tourist flow volume assessment on the basis of comparison of the transport statistic data characterizing the volume of passenger arrivals to the region, and the statistics of tourist accommodation in hotels and other collective accommodation facilities, in the context of Moscow city. The article also presents the results of appraisal and calculates the volume of tourist flow to Moscow city in 2013–2014. These pilot studies require further work aimed at improving methodological approaches to the assessment of the tourist flow, approach specification, etc.
Key words. Tourist flow, inbound tourism, domestic tourism, passenger arrivals, passenger flow, tourist accommodation.