Lutskyy V. The State and Perspectives of the Active Tourism Development in the Ukrainian Carpathians.

The thesis deals with the problem of active tourism in the Carpathian area. The characteristic features of the natural resources, conservation area, Carpathian Mountains, ski resorts and ski lifts are given. The evolution of the active tourism development within the XIX-XXI centuries is investigated. The paper suggests the description of the activity of the study group "The Native Land Exploration Society", tourist societies "Chornogora", "Play", "Lviv Lovers Club" and youth sport societies "Sokil", "Sich", "Plast". The Soviet period of the active tourism development is characterized. Great attention is paid to the current state and perspectives of the active tourism development in the Carpathian area. The paper contains the analysis of the children's tourism in 1997-2009 and recommendations for the improvement of its functioning.More than 20 new tourist routes of various kinds of active tourism were tracked; these routes are supported with the booklets and tourist guides; the programs of seminars and advanced training courses were worked out.