Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Econometrics and Financial Management 2 4 2014 08 25 Identification of Tourist Clusters in the Pribaikal Region 163 167 EN Rubtsova Natalia Vladimirovna Department of Management and Service, Baikal State University of Economics and Law, Irkutsk, Russia IJEFM2014248 10.12691/ijefm-2-4-8 2014 07 29 2014 08 19 2014 08 25 The purpose of this study was to assess the availability of tourism clusters in the regions of Pribaikal, namely the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia, using a variety of cluster identification methods. The findings suggest that the characteristics of tourism clusters are found in the Republic of Buryatia. However, in Irkutsk region they are not available, although the two regions are the object of a number of national and regional development programs of tourism clusters.