Outbound tourism from Yakutia in 1965 – 1985.

Abstract

The scholarly article, based on archival documents, shows the history of outbound tourism from Yakutia in 1965-1985. The study was carried out on the basis of studying archival documents from the fund of the Yakut Regional Council of Trade Unions. The article reveals the dynamics of the development of outbound tourism from Soviet Yakutia in the period 1965 –1985. An analysis of reporting documents shows that despite the fact that outbound tourism did not become a mass phenomenon during the Soviet period, the number of tourists traveling abroad from the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1965 – 1985 increased annually. The article analyzes the gender composition of tourists traveling abroad, showing that in Yakutia, as in the USSR, in general, female tourists predominated. The national, party, social composition, and geography of outbound tourism are considered. General trends and features of the organization of outbound tourism from the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic have been identified, which can be traced based on the materials of the reports. The authors concluded that in 1965 – 1985, the number of tourists from the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic who traveled abroad on trade union vouchers increased, the geography of tourism expanded, the majority visited socialist countries.