Kulakovska I. Cultural monuments of Zhytomyr region as attractions of ethno-cultural tourism

The dissertation work is the first comprehensive investigation of cultural monuments of Zhytomyr region as attractions in ethno-cultural tourism in domestic historiography. The notion "ethno-cultural touristic resources" is lead into scientific circulation, essence of notions "ethno-cultural tourism", "cultural monuments", "monument", "attraction", "historical and cultural resources" are made more exact. Current approaches to the usage of cultural monuments as touristic resources (ethno-cultural, historical and cultural, biosocial, eventual) are determined in order to save them, to form historic memory, cultural identity, national self-knowledge, self-identification and authenticity. Peculiarities of cultural monuments, their place and role in Ukrainian culture and usage as attractions in ethno-cultural tourism are discovered. Peculiarities of state politics in cultural and touristic sphere are found out, the system of suggestions concerning further prospects of development of ethno-cultural tourism are elaborated.