DEPRESSED REGIONS OF GEORGIA HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TOURISM

Abstract

The article - Depressed regions of Georgia have good opportunities for inclusive development through tourism - consists of the following parts:\n\uf0fc Introduction.\n\uf0fc Definitions of terms.\n\uf0fc The need for inclusive growth in the world and in Georgia.\n\uf0fc Priorities of inclusive growth in the depressed regions of Georgia.\n\uf0fc Potential for tourism development in the depressed regions of Georgia.\n\uf0fc Summarizing conclusion.\nThe article brings to the forward the issue of priority development of the economically backward (depressed) regions and different parts of Georgia - Racha-Lechkhumi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Pshav-Khevsureti, Tusheti and others, through the development of tourism. This opinion of the author is based on the resources needed for the development of tourism in these regions, about what the other Georgian scientists - I. Khelashvili, K. Arabuli, d. Gabunia and others - write a lot.\nKeywords: Tourism; Inclusive; Inclusive tourism; Inclusive growth; Region; Poverty and inequality.