Abstract ◊ This article covers the research on formation of tourist education in Russia in the end of the XIX — the beginning of the XX centuries. Influence of political, economic and social factors on development of tourism education is being considered. The purpose of the article is to define the stages of tourism education development during its establishment and to investigate the transition process from excursion method application directly to tourism and excursion education.
Keywords: tourist education, formation history, development stages.
Surnina Varvara Valerievna — a postgraduate of the Pedagogy and Psychology of the Higher School Department of
Moscow University for the Humanities. Tel.: (495) 374-74-59. E-mail: sniky@yandex.ru
