*Perspective Chapter: Prospects of Using Blockchain Technology in the Tourism Industry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108526*

A promising direction for further research is the development of universal mechanisms for modeling and synthesizing the architecture of intelligent cyber-physical systems of a new generation based on the blockchain, which is a digital ecosystem. The latter is designed to provide decision support processes based on the monitoring of tourism products and processes at distributed cyber-physical objects of the regional tourism industry.

The solution to this problem requires the development of a new scientific and methodological approach to modeling and designing cyber-physical systems for monitoring and managing distributed objects and processes in order to optimize management at all stages of the life cycle of a regional tourism product. This will eliminate the gaps between the stages of the life cycle (design, planning, promotion and commercial implementation, implementation on the ground, and optimization), ensure the control of the life cycles of all tourism products and regulate the processes of changing the shape and duration of the life cycle of each individual product at all stages in order to rationally use of tourist and recreational resources of the region. The results of the study create a methodological and practical basis for the creation of new artificial intelligence technologies, which corresponds to the priority direction of the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation until 2035 "Transition to advanced digital, intelligent manufacturing technologies, robotic systems, new materials and design methods, creation of processing systems big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. In future research, we are planned to continue our research work on the sustainable development of tourism, as well as methods of implementing distributed ledger technologies in the tourism areas.
