The Kaliningrad region is located on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea and is the westernmost region of the Russian Federation, completely separated from the rest of the country by the land borders of foreign states and international sea waters.The city of Kaliningrad is the administrative center with a population of more than 490 thousand people, the population of the entire region is more than 1 million people.A powerful tool for economic development is the presence in the region of a special legal regime of a special economic zone. SEZ residents have the opportunity to carry out their production and other activities, taking advantage of a set of tax benefits guaranteed by the state.Manufacturing industries occupy the largest share in the regional economy. The next places are trade and services. An equally significant sector of the regional economy, which has great potential for development, is agriculture.Also, promising and dynamically developing industries of the Kaliningrad region include:- Agro-industrial complex- Shipbuilding- Automotive industry- Furniture industry- A complex of high-tech engineering industries, including the military-industrial complex (cosmonautics, military-industrial complex, precision instrument making, electronics industry, production of computers, electronic and optical products).The Kaliningrad region is one of the most popular tourist destinations, traditionally one of the five most visited Russian regions. Here, such tourist destinations as excursion tourism, sanatorium and resort treatment, and beach holidays are equally developed.The calling card of the region is amber. The Kaliningrad region is called the "Amber Region", due to the fact that about 90% of all the world's amber reserves are concentrated here.