Beidyk O. Methodology and methods of the recreational and tourist resources analysis of Ukraine.

The dissertation concerns with further elaboration of the methodology of recreational geography and tourism geography, those being the structural components of constructive geography. It presents comprehensive analysis of recreational and tourist resources, the understanding of their structure and research methods being extended and deepened. Recreational and tourist resources in Ukraine are given a substantiated valuation, established and analysed is the rating of recreational resources of the regions of Ukraine. Elucidated are the possibilities of the application of the cartographical models of fields' potential by the investigations of recreational resources. Substantiated is the rating resource-recreational regioning of the territory. Defined and revealed is the essence of regional resource-recreational certificates and the prospects of development of regional recreation and tourism, taking into consideration the specifics of social geographical position and the factors of resources. Deriving benefits from geopolitical position of the country and socio-geographical one of its regions in view of an average level of recreational and tourist resources supplies in Ukraine and not high level of promotion of the tourist product, - is seen as one of the chief factors of the development of transnational tourism ties, attraction of foreign investments to recreational industry, enhancing its position in the national economy. The results of the research are presented by 45 author's map schemes and structure-logical models that mirror typology, structure, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of recreational and tourist resources.