TThe thesis is devoted to the assessment of the current state and substantiation ways to optimize the recreational and tourist resources of the Volyn region. To achieve this goal, in the first chapter, it have been summarized research on the problem of recreational and tourist resources, has been analyzed the conceptual and terminological system of the study and improved the methods for recreational and tourist resources assessment.
In the second chapter, the recreational and tourist resources analysis of the Volyn region has been carried out by seven blocks: geospatial, natural, natural-anthropogenic, architectural-historical, biosocial, event, and infrastructural. According to the assessment results, the highest score (5 points) has Lutsk district, which corresponds to a very high resource and recreational rating and indicates the best recreational resources provision, especially in architectural-historical, infrastructural, biosocial, and event blocks. Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Kivertsi, Kovel districts were rated with lower points (3), which corresponds to the average resource-recreational rating. Such areas have a very high rating (5) in the natural (natural park "Tsumanskaya Pushcha") and have a high rating in infrastructural, geospatial, and natural blocks. Seven districts of the Volyn region have the lowest resource provisions, among them: Horokhiv, Ivanychi, Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Lokachi, Manevychi, Ratne, and Rozhysche districts, which characterized by very low resource-recreational rating according to the assessment results. The study compiled 7 maps of the territorial location of the resource-recreational resources.
In the third chapter, based on the recreational resources assessment, the resource-recreational zoning, certification of administrative units of the region have been carried out and the ways of recreational resources optimization have been substantiated. Based on the resource-recreational rating of administrative-territorial units of the region, the rating resource-recreational zoning have been carried out with the selection of the following resource-districts: 1) Western-Polesia (average rating) 2) Central Kovel (very low rating); 3) South-Eastern (high rating).
The following ways for recreational resources optimization have been offered:
– within the Western-Polesia resource and recreational area it is necessary to improve the equipment and service of existing temporary accommodation facilities, taking into account the recreational capacity of the territory to meet the needs of tourists for recreation. In addition, the area has one of the most advantageous geographical locations due to its border location near the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus, which is a favorable factor in the development of inbound tourism by attracting foreign tourists. To optimize RTR, it is necessary to develop types of tourism based on natural recreational resources due to the favorable climate, lakes, rivers, a large share of natural reserve facilities (44.5 % of the area). It is necessary to expand sightseeing programs for educational and religious purposes due to the presence of ancient landmarks.
– within the Central Kovel resource-recreational district it is necessary to create new nature protection objects and expand their existing network, especially in the northern Polesia districts: Kamin-Kashyrskyi and Stara Vyzhivka; actively develop tourist infrastructure, including hotels, sanatoriums, and other temporary accommodation facilities. In addition, it is advisable to develop types of tourism within the district, which focus on the natural component due to the presence of isolated valuable architectural and historical monuments. Tourism, especially rural infrastructure should be developed in the district.
– in the South-Eastern resource-recreational district it is expedient to organize trips with excursion and cognitive purpose within Lutsk and Kivertsi districts of the region. Within the district, there are unique architectural and historical monuments and tourist routes. Cognitive travel should be developed in the region due to the predominance of historical and cultural monuments over natural reserves.
Keywords: recreational and tourist resources, assessment, optimization, resource and recreational certification, rating resource, and recreational zoning.
