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Strategic priorities of developing a communication strategy for a tourist brand

https://doi.org/10.17073/2072-1633-2021-2-172-183

Abstract

Global, regional, industrial and consumer trends have a determinative effect on creating tourist products and informing the target audience correctly about the basic values and offers. Due to this fact there is a growing significance of communicational strategy which leads to more effective positioning of tourist locations and building long-term relationship with consumers by means of creating brands of strategic leaders of the tourist industry. The aim is to determine the role of communicational strategy in achieving strategic objectives of the tourist industry. As a result, the study solves the following tasks: the authors study theoretical basis of developing communicational strategy, discover strategic interrelations between such categories as reputation, image and destination brand, analyze the influence of global strategic trends on the system of strategic communication, systematize the regional experience of introducing tourist marketing of the area and branding, conduct strategic analysis of strategic communication systems on the example of the key players of the tourist industry. The study is based on the general theory of strategy and strategizing methodology developed by Center for Strategic Studies of Institute of Complex Systems Mathematical Research, Lomonosov Moscow State University under the scientific guidance of Professor V.L. Kvint. The authors applied such methods as analysis and synthesis, comparison, systematization and generalization. The results of the study are as follows: the authors have developed a conceptual model of creating a unique commercial product in tourism which is based on the value approach. Since communicational strategy play a determinative role in achieving the objectives of a tourist destination and creating long-tern consumers’ associations development and realization of brand strategizing should be integrated with the strategic communication system of a tourist destination to achieve economic effectiveness.

About the Authors

I. Z. Chkhotua
Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation

Ilona Z. Chkhotua – Ph.D (Econ.), Associated Professor, Economic and Financial Strategy Department,

1-61 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119234



A. S. Khvorostyanaya
Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Center for Strategic Studies, Institute of Mathematical Research of Complex Systems, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation

Anna S. Khvorostyanaya – Ph.D (Econ.), Lecturer, Economic and Financial Strategy Department, Lomonosov Moscow S.U, MSE; Leading Researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies, Lomonosov MSU, IMRCS.

1-61 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119234; 1-46 Leninskie Gory, Moscow119234



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Chkhotua I.Z., Khvorostyanaya A.S. Strategic priorities of developing a communication strategy for a tourist brand. Russian Journal of Industrial Economics. 2021;14(2):172-183. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17073/2072-1633-2021-2-172-183

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