ქალაქ-მუზეუმი მცხეთა, როგორც ტურისტული პროდუქტი: სოციალურ-ეკონომიკური და სივრცითი განვითარების ასპექტები

Tourism development tendencies in Mtskheta tourist region by taking sustainable
development principles into consideration is reviewed in the research. Tourism is one of the fastest
growing and high-reveneu field of the world’s economic and exactly because of it, interest towards
this field is growing day by day. Along with development on industry, interest towerds of
assessment is sustainability is growing. One of the main elements of developing tourism is how
growing of the field has influence on welfare of local population and private sector. In addition,
one of the major component of tourism’s sustainable development concept is retention of cultural
sustainability of the territory. There upon, big quantity of cultural heritage sites is located in
Mtskheta, their retention by approach of sustainable development is especially important.
Thesis aims to clarify on the basis of theoretical material analysis and research conducted in
the city of Mtskheta how does growing development of tourism industry influence on the welfare
of local micro business owners, brings this economical profit to them or not and how development
of the field is based on two major consepts of sustainable development, economical and cultural
development.
Objective of the paper is to determine, how the structures involved in the field of tourism in
the area to be researched and does their co-participation serve to sustainable development of the
tourism in the city, is the tourism promoting improvement of local population living conditions
and city’s economical opportunities development.