In the sec. XXI, tourism is highlighted as the most active and emerging field of the economy. Priority factors in the development of tourism are related to the establishment of peace among most developed countries; raising living standards; expanding leisure time, often paid; developing fast means of transport; the expansion of objects of tourist interest; the emergence of efficient and fast payments, etc. The tourist market is a component part of any national economy. The high pace of international tourism development is linked to high profits in the field, which in turn favors branch development and acts as an economic multiplier for national economies. International tourism is found in the international and national services system - inbound and outbound tourism. Tourism develops under the impact of technical-scientific progress, social-political, religious, natural relations, the dynamics of which fall into global processes.