Keywords
risk management
sports tourism
extreme tourism
tourism studies
risk governance
sustainable development
organizational aspects of tourism
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Abstract
Modern approaches to ensuring safety and implementing risk management in the field of sports and extreme tourism are studied. The relevance of the problem is substantiated in view of the growing popularity of active forms of recreation, and the increased level of physical, natural, technical and organizational risks, as well as the need to form an effective safety management system. Domestic and foreign scientific experience in the study of tourism safety is analyzed, the main directions of development of risk-oriented management in conditions of dynamic changes in the external environment are identified. The essence of tourism safety as a systemic category that covers organizational, legal, socio-psychological and technological aspects of tourism activities is revealed. The main groups of risks in sports and extreme tourism are identified, in particular natural and climatic, technical, organizational, medical and informational, and their potential consequences for tourists and tourism enterprises are characterized. Attention is paid to the influence of the human factor, emotional and behavioral characteristics of travel participants on the level of risk and the effectiveness of safety measures. The main methods and strategies of risk management, in particular, avoidance, minimization, transfer and acceptance of risks, are systematized, and the feasibility of using integrated management models, in particular the concept of Enterprise Risk Management, is substantiated. The role of digital technologies, monitoring, forecasting and information support systems in increasing the level of tourism activities safety is analyzed. It is proved that effective risk management in sports and extreme tourism should combine professional training of personnel, modern technical support, regulatory and legal support and the formation of responsible tourism culture. The relationship between the level of safety, competitiveness of tourism enterprises, consumer trust and sustainable development of tourist destinations is substantiated. Promising directions for further scientific research related to the development of adaptive risk management models considering regional characteristics, climate change and global challenges are identified.
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