This study aims to examine the current state and prospects of the territorial transformation of agricultural land use, with a view to identifying key development trajectories and potential risks associated with returning unused land to economic circulation. The analysis focuses on agricultural land use in the Leningrad region, a territory with a highly developed agricultural sector and an important part of the Baltic Sea region. The methodological approach combines an assessment of spatial changes in the territorial structure of agricultural land use with an examination of structural shifts in the distribution of farmland, arable land, and sown areas. Indicators of structural change and their growth rates were analysed at the municipal-district level between the 2006 All-Russian Agricultural Census and the 2021 microcensus. The study traces the intensity of territorial shifts in agricultural land use across three periods (1990—2006, 2006—2016, and 2016—2021) and identifies the main characteristics and directions of these transformations, including north – south and centre—periphery patterns. Particular attention is paid to the influence of urbanisation on territorial change, especially in areas bordering Saint Petersburg. The analysis also highlights spatial differentiation within the region and identifies three principal zones of unused farmland. The case of the northern, peripheral Priozersk District shows that, when supported by favourable socioeconomic and institutional conditions, agricultural land can retain its value for agribusiness despite broader structural pressures. The study concludes by outlining region-specific approaches to mitigating potential risks to agricultural land use, assuming that current transformation trends continue.

Under mounting demographic pressures, restrictions on recruiting foreign labour, and an economy-wide wage race, competition for workers in the tourism sector has intensified considerably. This pressure is further exacerbated by the rapid growth of domestic tourism and the incorporation of new territories into the tourism landscape. These challenges are fully characteristic of the Kaliningrad region; however, efforts to address workforce shortages have become significantly more complex since 2022, owing to the heightened structural costs associated with the region’s exclave status. The objective of this study is to identify and evaluate spatial disparities in the development of the tourism labour market in the Kaliningrad region and, on this basis, to propose measures aimed at strengthening human-resource capacity. The empirical basis of this study is drawn from statistical data from Rosstat and its regional office (Kaliningradstat) concerning tourism development in the region. In addition, the analysis uses data from the Ministry of Social Policy of the Kaliningrad region on labour force demand, as well as information from the SPARK-Interfax database on accommodation and food-service enterprises, disaggregated by municipality. General scientific, statistical, and cartographic methods were employed to process and interpret the data. The findings indicate that the spatial evolution of the regional labour market reflects a gradual eastward shift in tourism activities and increasing engagement in the near and distant suburbs of the regional centre — areas that had previously been less affected by tourism development. At the same time, this expansion is driven primarily by the growth of the food-service sector, while the involvement of the working-age population in formal employment in the accommodation sector remains limited. Enhancing human-resource potential in these areas requires adapting the vocational training system in cooperation with representatives of the tourism industry and improving mechanisms supporting labour mobility.