Pantiukhina O. Principles and methods of forming territorial seaside systems of tourism (example of the North-Western Black Sea)

This thesis analyzes the domestic and foreign practice of coastal areas and the main directions of research on the formation of territorial systems of tourism. The current problems and trends in tourism development of coastal areas of the Black Sea basin are determined and the importance and potential of tourism in North-Western Black Sea are revealed. Main methodological approaches to integrated evaluation of tourism resources are generalized and defined based on their resources evaluation rating district of Odessa area, an improved method of forecasting tourist flows is proposed and has been tested on the example of Odessa. Normative indicators of enlarged areas of tourist complexes for certain categories of tourists are developed. Proposed urban planning typology of tourist entities, taking into account new criteria and determined by it, especially the planning of the main elements of tourism systems and types of tourist environment. New scientific principles of spatial organization of territorial systems of coastal tourism are formulated, which can be implemented into design practice based on the authors' conceptual model.