Shchuka G. Theory and Practice of the specialists’ preparation of Tourism sphere in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia (comparative analysis)

Object: the specialists’ preparation of tourism sphere in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia; purpose: to identify the common and different features in the theory and practice of the specialists’ preparation of tourism sphere in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia, to define the possibilities of using the positive experience for the native professional tourism education improvement; methods: the analysis of scientific literature, systemic and component, systemic and structural, content analysis, the method of the subject-chronological retrospection, historical and comparative, generalization; novelty: on the basis of the comparative analysis the general and specific characteristics of the system of professional tourism education in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia have been defined, the progressive experience of the specialists’ preparation of tourism sphere in Russia and Belorussia have been generalized, the opportunities of its usage in Ukraine have been described; results: the specializations of the native bachelors’ preparation of tourism have been defined and substantiated; branch – General Pedagogics and history of Pedagogics