Sustainable tourism development in the regions of Lithuania

The author of the paper discusses the tourism development from the sustainability aspect in the regions of Lithuania. The scientific problem - the tourism development trends have not been sufficiently studied at regional level in Lithuania and tourism in the regions developed without a clear long-term development strategy and consistent implementation of the programme. The aim of the research is to explore tourism development by sustainability aspect in the regions of Lithuania. Many scientists have analyzed trends in sustainable tourism development. However, tourism development conditions at region level have not been researched, only sporadic research studies have been performed. The main problems of tourism development in the aspect of sustainability in the regions of Lithuania are as follows: lack of knowledge about the essence and principles of sustainable tourism in local politics, underdeveloped infrastructure, economic problems: insufficient investment in sustainable tourism. The most important activities for the development of sustainable tourism are: the importance of investing in sustainable tourism development, the importance of a responsible approach to the use of natural resources by tourists and the importance of tourism development, planning and control.