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Я.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Prokopenko</surname><given-names>L. Ya.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Любовь Ярославовна ПРОКОПЕНКО, кандидат исторических наук, старший научный сотрудник Центра изучения стран Тропической Африки</p><p>ул. Спиридоновка, д. 30/1, г. Москва, 123001</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Liubov Ya. PROKOPENKO, PhD in History, Senior Researcher of the Centre for Tropical Africa Studies</p><p>Spiridonovka Street, 30/1, Moscow, 123001</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">skole60@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт Африки РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>04</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title>Африка - континент возможностей</issue-title><fpage>137</fpage><lpage>158</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Прокопенко Л.Я., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Прокопенко Л.Я.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Prokopenko L.Y.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/1108">https://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/1108</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье анализируется развитие VIP-туризма в Африке, которая с начала XXI в. является одним из самых быстроразвивающихся туристических регионов. VIP-туризм дает львиную долю валютных поступлений в государственный бюджет, поэтому правительства ряда стран уделяют его развитию особое внимание. Представляя собой экономически выгодную сферу для инвестиций местного и иностранного капитала, он развивается как в традиционных местах притяжения иностранных туристов (например, Египет, Маврикий, Сейшельские Острова, Тунис, ЮАР), так и в странах, недавно начавших развивать этот сегмент туристической индустрии.</p><p>Автор отмечает главные характеристики элитного туризма в Африке, сходные с его характеристиками в других частях света: максимально высокое качество оказываемых услуг, в основе которых заложены комфорт и безопасность клиентов, эксклюзивность предлагаемых туров, индивидуальный подход к клиенту, давние и крепкие связи с туроператорами большого количества стран. Богатство и самобытность культур многочисленных народов континента, разнообразие природных ландшафтов, во многом эндемичные флора и фауна являются дополнительными преимуществами для выбора туристом Африки для отдыха.</p><p>Многие  страны  континента по-прежнему остаются в числе  самых бедных в мире, поэтому развитие туриндустрии в Африке, включая его элитный сегмент, прямо и косвенно влияет на занятость и открытие новых рабочих мест, что помогает решать одну из важных современных социальных проблем безработицы.</p><p>Сделан вывод о том, что прогресс отрасли  тормозят  недостаточное развитие инфраструктуры, малочисленность специализированных кадров и учебных заведений для их подготовки. Дальнейшее устойчивое развитие туризма в Африке, в том числе элитного, зависит от стабильности внутриполитической обстановки на континенте, борьбы с криминогенностью и инфекционными болезнями, способов решения визовой проблемы.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyzes the development of luxury tourism in Africa which became one of the fastest growing tourism continents at the turn of the 21st century. Luxury tourism industry provides the lion’s share of foreign exchange earnings to state budgets, so the governments of a number of countries pay special attention to its development. Representing an economically profitable area for investment of local and foreign capital, it is developing both in traditional places of attraction for foreign tourists (for example, in Egypt, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tunisia, South Africa), and in the countries that have recently begun to develop this segment of their tourism industry.</p><p>The author acknowledges main characters of luxury tourism in Africa similar to that in other parts of the world: the highest quality of services provided focused on the comfort and the safety of customers, the exclusivity of the tours offered, an individual approach to the client, long-standing and strong ties with tour operators in a large number of countries. The richness and originality of the cultures of numerous peoples of the continent, the diversity of natural landscapes, endemic flora and fauna are additional advantages for the tourists choosing Africa for recreation.</p><p>Many countries of the continent still remain among the poorest in the world, so the development of the tourism industry in Africa, including its luxury segment, affects employment and creation of new jobs directly and indirectly, and it helps to solve one of the most important social problems, that is of the unemployment.</p><p>The conclusion is made that the progress of this branch is hampered by the insufficient development of infrastructure and the lack of specialized personnel and educational institutions for their training. Further sustainable development of tourism in Africa, including luxury tourism, depends on the stability of the internal political situation there, the fight against crime and infectious diseases, and the solution of the visa problems.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>VIP-туризм</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>потребители услуги класса люкс</kwd><kwd>отели</kwd><kwd>комфорт</kwd><kwd>эксклюзивность</kwd><kwd>конкурентоспособность</kwd><kwd>проблема кадров</kwd><kwd>политика государства</kwd><kwd>устойчивое развитие</kwd><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>перспективы</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>luxury tourism industry</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>luxury service consumers</kwd><kwd>hotels</kwd><kwd>comfort</kwd><kwd>exclusivity</kwd><kwd>competitiveness</kwd><kwd>problem with qualified personnel</kwd><kwd>government policy</kwd><kwd>sustainable development</kwd><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>prospects</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Абрамова И.О. 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