Comparative Analysis of Public Catering Development in the Regions of Siberia and the Far East

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to comparatively analyse the development of public catering in large federal districts of the eastern part of the country. Materials and methods. Analysis of literature and Rosstat statistical information on the regions of the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts using comparative-geographical method, correlation and cartographic methods of research. Results and discussion. The comparative analysis of the development of public catering in the regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East is carried out according to the following indicators: public catering turnover per capita in 2010-2022, the number of people employed in public catering, the provision of public catering areas, the contribution of public catering to the gross regional product (GRP). The regions were ranked according to the main indicators of public catering. Conclusions. The development of the public catering market by territories is uneven. The factors contributing to the differentiation of regions according to the level of public catering development are geographical location, the number of people in the regions, the level of their economic development. The growth of public catering turnover per capita (in comparable prices in 2010) in the dynamics from 2010 to 2022 in almost all the regions, which indicates the development of this sphere of services. The indicators of public catering turnover in the Far Eastern regions are higher than in the Siberian regions, although the employment of the population in this sphere, as well as the number of public catering enterprises and seats in them, are higher in the Siberian regions than in the Far East.