Sheregesh Sports and Tourist Complex: Retrospective Analysis of Year-Round and Summer Tourism
https://doi.org/10.21603/sibscript-2025-27-6-1025-1041
Abstract
The Sheregesh Sports and Tourist Complex is located in Tashtagol, Kemerovo Region. It has a long history of efforts to set up a year-round operation. Opened in 1981, the Complex is an important stakeholder of Russian ski tourism. Summer tourism product was not a priority for many years: it was spontaneous and secondary to winter tourism. The seasonal imbalance in tourist traffic remains a major challenge that hampers its development. No scientific publications have yet provided a comprehensive overview of summer tourism in this part of Siberia. This article identifies the status of year-round infrastructure and summer tourist products in the evolution of the Sheregesh Sports and Tourist Complex. The available information on the subject matter being quite limited, a thorough analysis of archival documents and media sources made it possible to outline the factors that affect the summer facilities. The major limiting factors include the original focus on winter sports, the predominance of amateur tourism, the uncoordinated investments, and the lack of a distinct summer product. However, Mountain Shoria offers a unique combination of natural, climatic, and ethnocultural resources that has a great potential for a full-scale year-round recreation center. State support and event tourism have boosted its progress, but the historical identity of Sheregesh as a winter sports destination remains an obstacle.
About the Author
Aleksandra V. Golubeva
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Kemerovo
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The author declared no potential conflict of interests regarding the research, authorship, and / or publication of this article.
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