Task 8. Answer the following questions

1. What are some of the different roles performed by government in tourism?

2.By what kind of offices is government represented?

3. What kind of official and semi-official tourist bureaus are there in Russia?

4. What is one way in which government can adjust regulations to increase tourism?

5. What are the visa and entry regulations in Russia?

6. How can governments discourage incoming tourism?

7. What are some of the day-to-day kinds of regulation of tourist facilities in which governments are involved?

8. What is one of the principal means for gathering travel statis­tics in international tourism?

9. Are tourist statistics always accurate?

10. What is involved in other kinds of tourist research?

11. What does research about the social impact of tourism try to determine?

12. What do most governments now try to do when developing new resort facilities?

13. What are some of the direct ways in which governments can become involved in developing a tourist industry?

14. What kind of indirect investment is usually necessary before a tourist industry can be developed?

15. What kind of encouragement can a government give to tourism by way of providing personnel?

16. What are the usual steps that are taken by a government in­terested in the developing of tourism?

17. What is the present tendency in tourism development?