A public access zone supports tourist visits to the Kivach Waterfall.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kondopozhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Kondopoga) and seventy-seven rural localities.

The main industries of the district include: pulp and paper production (JSC "Kondopoga"), stone processing and stone casting, logging and woodworking, production of building materials.

In addition, about 50% of the reserves of titanomagnetite ores of Karelia are concentrated in the area, and there are also significant reserves of building stones — diabases, dolomites, granites in the area.

There are two hydroelectric power plants operating in the district: Kondopozhskaya and Paleozerskaya HPP, which are part of a single Sunsky cascade, with a total capacity of 50.6 MW and generate an average of 245 million kWh of renewable electricity per year.