Fedorova S.N. 1
Medvedeva Z.V. 1
1 Mari State University
Ethnotourism is the most important factor of increase of educational and common cultural level of the population, broadcasting and preservation of national values. However, despite its importance, ethno-tourism, including its direction such as ethno-tourism for children and youth has not received proper distribution in our country. Current situation is caused by a variety of reasons one of which is absence of the experts capable at the professional level to provide scientific-methodical and psycho-pedagogical support of this direction. The research project of group of scientists of the Mari state university on the subject «Scientific-methodological and psychological-pedagogical support of the development of ethnic tourism for children and youth in the Republic of Mari El».