Dissertation for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, specialty 051 Economics. Dnipro University of Technology and Higher Educational Institution "Alfred Nobel University", Dnipro, 2023.
The dissertation summarizes the results of the study of theoretical and scientific-methodological provisions, as well as developed practical recommendations for the activation of innovative processes in the tourism sphere of the regions based on the application of the cluster approach.
In the paper, a study of the essence of the theory of clustering of the tourism sphere was carried out and it was proposed to further understand the cluster as a form of organization of innovative and economic activity, which uses not only the geographical and production-thematic connection of individual enterprises, but also the identity of the organizational systems of production, non-production and scientific educational spheres, which makes it possible to obtain a synergistic effect with the joint use of available resources, reduce costs for the main types of activities and achieve competitive advantages of both the cluster itself and the structures that make it up. Such a definition delimits the institutional and innovative aspects of the researched category and provides in the future the possibility of a qualitative specification of the directions of innovative development of tourism in Ukraine and the use of the cluster approach in the context of the implementation of its main functional purpose as a mechanism for sustainable provision of the needs of the tourism sphere in investment resources.
The justification of the essence, macroeconomic role and place of tourism in the economic system of the country is given on the basis of the characteristics of the relations that exist and develop within its borders, the internal mechanism that mediates these relations, the constituent objects between which the specified relations are established, and the macroeconomic functions of the tourism sphere . From the point of view of a systemic approach, the characteristics of the market of tourist services as a complex are presented, the constituent elements of which are socio-economic relations based on various forms of ownership, economic resources and results of economic activity, objects of such relations, relationships between them and organizational an economic mechanism, the use of which allows the realization of these relations. The factors determining the specificity of innovative activity in the field of tourism have been identified. The necessity of transition to an innovative way of development of tourism in Ukraine is substantiated, ways of improving the cluster approach to the organization of regional tourism in Ukraine are proposed.
In this scientific study, the prerequisites and priority directions of the cluster development of the tourism sphere of Ukraine are specified, the important regularities of this process are identified in the conditions of the activation of economic growth and the improvement of the market of tourist products, services and technologies, the formation of the innovative sector of the tourism economy through the choice of a cluster approach as an effective format of innovative development domestic and inbound tourism, which increases the significance of the presented scientific research.
