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ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ГОРОДА ГЛАЗАМИ КРУИЗНОГО ТУРИСТА
Limitations on the outbound tourism due to pandemic and geopolitical situation
have redirected the tourists flood inside the country and created an opportunity
for small historical cities to earn money on hosting guests. Until recent, for a long time
successful Myshkin’s experience in attracting cruise tourists had been described primarily
in humanitarian studies but did not receive necessary comprehension in terms of marketing
and management. The purpose of this study is to reveal the success factors of the
* Статья подготовлена по результатам прикладных исследований, выполненных в рамках на-
учно-исследовательского проекта 2022.006Р «Планирование, организация и проведение ком-
плексных маркетинговых исследований малых городов и региональных центров – потенци-
альных участников проекта создания зонтичного бренда “Льняная дорога”» Высшей школы
бизнеса НИУ ВШЭ в 2022–2023 гг.
166 К. Л. Рожков Исторические города глазами круизного туриста
city in cruise tourism development. The applied method is multiple case study. The data
was gathered during visiting three historical cities (Myshkin, Uglich and Rybinsk) included
in cruise excursion program “Moscow – Rybinsk – Moscow”, 18–21.07.2022. The data is
accounted for a mixture of non-involved (internal) ethnographic observation and “secret
buyer”. The results of the analysis made it possible to identify a set of the comparative
advantages of Myshkin in destination management.