On October 16-19 of this year, the international youth forum “Caucasus - Caspian – East” held in Stavropol. More than 160 representatives from 60 universities took part in it. The forum is aimed at strengthening friendly ties, improving professional skills and competencies, developing cooperation and is a dialog space for young leaders of Russia, the South Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia. Representatives of 25 countries came to Stavropol to participate in the forum, among which, along with young people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and other countries, Sanjar Mardonov, a lecturer of the department of “Tourism Management” of our university, took an active part.