Golovchan A. Tourist destinations: theoretical and methodological bases of forming and mechanisms of optimization

The object: process of tourist destinations (TD) development. The purpose: to deepen the theoretical and methodological foundations and development of practical recommendations for optimizing the formation and development of TD. The methods: comprehensive, historical and economic analysis, rating, coefficient, simulation, matrix. It is offered: scientifically-methodical approaches to estimation of: synergetic effect of tourist clusters, TD attractiveness; scientific and methodical bases of: classification of TD types, optimization of development of tourism in TD; complex evaluation of efficiency of tourist enterprises activity; mechanisms of increase of competitiveness of destination's tourist product; definition "tourist destination". The Sphere of the use: tourism enterprises, their associations and their controls.