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The paper studies approaches to understanding the health tourism in Belokurikha Resort. In fact, Belokurikha Resort is the largest recreational area in the Asian part of the Russian Federation. The authors define the factors of tourism development in the area and outline the elements of health tourism development: historical development, natural resources, economic, infrastructural, ethno-social, tourist, administrative, informational and business ones. The paper considers an influence of these factors on sustainable development of Belokurikha Resort and its neighboring territories. Key words: Health tourism; Development of factors, Belokurikha Resort, Health tourism development References Bengardt, A. A. Ostapov, A. D. (2000). Resort Belokurikha. Altai Printing Plant (in Russian). Dunets, A. N. (2007). The geography of tourism in Russia. Barnaul: Publishing house Altai State University (in Russian). Golubev, P.A. (1890). Altai. Historical and statistical collection on the issues of economic and civil development of the Altai mountain district. Tomsk, Printing house of Mikhailov and Makushin (in Russian). Mazhar, L. Yu. (2008). Territorial tourist and recreational systems. Smolensk, Universum, 211. (in Russian). Messerli, B., Ives, J.D., Yu.P. Badenkov, Kotlyakov, V.M. (1999). Mountains of the world. Global priority. Moscow, Publishing House Noosphere (in Russian). Mironenko, N. S., Tverdokhlebov, I. T. (1981). Recreational Geography, Moscow, Moscow University Press (in Russian). Orlova, V.S., Scherbakova, A.A. (2014). Prospects for the development of health tourism in the region. 4 (72), 34-45. (in Russian). Porter, M. E. (2005). Competition. Moscow, Williams Publishing House (in Russian). Preobrazhensky, V. S., Vedenin, Yu. A., Zorin, I. V. (1975). Theoretical Foundations of Recreational Geography. Moscow, Science, 224. (in Russian). Revyakin, V. S., Pomorov, S. B., Vdovin, N. F. (1997). Belokurikha medical and recreational area. Barnaul, NIIGP Publishing House, (in Russian). Sukhova, M.G. (2009). Bioclimatic conditions of human life in the Altai-Sayan mountain country. Tomsk, Tomsk University Press (in Russian). Vetitnev, A.M. (2012). Health tourism: issues of terminology and typology. Vestnik SGUTiKD, 2(20), 50-56 (in Russian). Yakovenko, I. M. (2003). Recreational nature management: research methodology and methodology. Simferopol, Publishing House Tavria (in Russian).

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