Abstract

The focus of research based on geographic comparison of borderlandsBorderlands of LithuaniaLithuania, and Kaliningrad region of RussiaRussia, with special aspect on the Curonian lagoon coastal-borderBorder region, which is located between two countries along the Baltic Sea. The borderBorder areas of these neighboring countries have common and different historical developmentDevelopment. These borderlandsBorderlands researched in historical, cultural perspectives, and nowadays there are being conducted significant researches of different territorial units in the forms of cross-borderBorder or trans-borderBorder regions, the groups of wards or municipalities as well. Nevertheless, in the frames of regional and national policies, these territories recognized as peripheral ones, but in the strategic point of view, these territories are important for elaboration of joint actions and new identities. Thus, the borderlandsBorderlands researched in an approach for comparative aspects in order to reveal more detailed understanding and definition of their role in cross-borderBorder and trans-borderBorder activities, social-economic developmentDevelopment and spatial interactionSpatial interaction. Relatively, the lack of geographic comparative knowledge about borderlandsBorderlands of LithuaniaLithuania and Kaliningrad region of RussiaRussia, that makes these areas more peripheral in regional context and adjacent for applied geographic and comparative researches. Tourism as a process has a key role of increasing an attractiveness of cross-borderBorder regions in order to renew the physical and cultural importance of borderBorder regions and to maintain their spatial interactionSpatial interaction for joint actions.