Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki

The article presents an overview of the treatment of municipal solid waste in the tourism industry of the Kaliningrad region and the analysis of environmental problems of disposal. The aim of the article is to show the features of the modern state of the sphere of waste management and its impact on the tourist attractiveness of the region. The author reveals the material composition, the classes of hazard and the spatial distribution of household waste, and defines their relationship with the municipal districts and tourist centers of the region. In the article is shown the mechanism of solid waste management in the tourism industry of the Kaliningrad region based on the analysis of the environmental situation, finding ways for the use of external opportunities taking into account the nature of the location of tourist centers and situation of the region. The Kaliningrad region has an exclave position and is separated from the main territory of the country, which is a big problem in terms of disposal. Strategic waste management planning relies on a set of laws and procedures, the use of which will ensure a rapid response to the increase in the amount of waste, including plastic. To solve this problem, the author proposes to use a positive foreign experience, given domestic regulatory framework. The situation analysis of the mutual influence of tourism and the ecological status of municipal solid waste in the region allows us to formulate recommendations for the greening of tourism as a factor of regional development on the basis of trends in world practice of waste issues and requirements of modernity.