Analysis of the Modern Gallery Activities as an Element of the Tourism Infrastructure of the City

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the insufficiently developed theoretical background of gallery business, gallery owners mainly rely on their intuition, analysis of the art market, and numerous sketchy theoretical works and tips. The article presents a comparative analysis and characteristics of the art galleries of the city of Irkutsk, not mentioned previously in the literature. A list of resources necessary for the formation and promotion of attractiveness of art galleries for tourists has been developed. It was created on the basis of the analysis of the activities of Russian and foreign galleries in terms of their tourism attractiveness and cooperation with tourist companies. At the same time, it is mentioned that measures aimed at developing of the tourism attractiveness of the gallery, which are quite often commercial by their nature, should promote the brand of the territory where the gallery is located, preserving its uniqueness. They should in no way turn the art gallery into a gift shop selling art souvenirs.