Environmental tourism as the direction of socio-economic development of rural areas
Journal Title: Visnyk Ternopilskoho natsionalnoho ekonomichnoho universytetu - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue
Abstract
The article discusses main features of ecotourism, its main components and basic formulation of the concept of “eco-tourism” made by leading international organizations. The article stipulates that ecotourism covers various types of tourism: local history, recreation, adventure and others.Also, eco-tourism increases environmental awareness both of tourists and local residents. The main features of ecological tour, which distinguish it from mass tourism, were discussed. The main objectives and characteristics of ecological tourism in terms of socio-economic sphere of rural Ukraine were highlighted. There is also indicated that eco-tourism is an effective tool for economic and socialrevival of rural Ukraine. The research analyses the rate of development of ecological tourism in the world and Ukraine, and state of availability of environment related resources in Ukraine. It outlines the main barriers of ecotourism businesses within rural communities. At the same time the article describes targeted measures to recover ecotourism and recreational industry territorially within defined state program of national ecological network. It outlines the work of the association and ecotourism in terms of training those wishing to be engaged in ecotourism in the region and to develop tourism roadmap reform in Ukraine. The article describes eco-tourism sector as vulnerable in economic activity where natural disasters, bad weather, deterioration of the image area, worsening crime situation and many other circumstances dramatically affect the flow of consumers of recreational services. Therefore, there is proposed introduction of efficient and competitive ecologic tourism product that needs improving to become overall encompassing. There is also noted the importance of the legal and financial assistance from the state. The article proposes to directions to improve ecologic product, introduces standardization and improves a complex of ecotourism related services as part of stimulating business initiative to improve the socio-economic standard of living within rural Ukraine.
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Svetlana Tymchuk
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