Analysis of the touristic potential of mountainous areas in Ivano-Frankivsk region to create the development conditions for recreation in the Carpathian region of Ukraine

Abstract

At present, the development of tourism is a priority for the Carpathian region. However, the unwise construction and lack of a clear strategy for the development of recreational infrastructure has led to environmental problems in some mountain areas. An important component of diversity and the balanced development of the tourism industry is the possibility of fast analysis of the recreational potential availability and the future functions of the recreational facility. In this study, the formation of a common model of tourism potential on the example of several administrative districts was substantiated. The presented research algorithm includes: 1) conditional division of recreational resources for this region into natural-landscape, historical and artistic, socio-economic tourist resources with their internal classification; 2) spatial location of tourist resources; 3) creation of a species intensity scheme of tourist resources, which will become the basis for the creation of the urban development concept in these territories.

Landscape and Tourism: Evolution of Research Topics

“…Furthermore, studies in this field can be approached from a physical, experimental and cultural point of view [36], from the point of view of visual perceptions of the landscape based on photography [37], the anthropogenic point of view [34] or geotourism [3], among others. This field also contains a multiplicity of territories under analysis, from islands [38][39][40], forests [41,42] or mountains [43,44] to cities [45,46], valleys [47,48] and lakes [49,50].…”

English Language Proficiency in the Hospitality Industry of Western Ukraine: Pedagogical Challenges and Promises

“…In Western Ukraine, there was actually a rise in domestic tourism after 2015, which analysts believe was due to Ukrainians visiting the Carpathian mountains as an alternative to vacationing in Crimea (Riashchenko, Zivitere, and Kutyrieva, 2015;Krasnikov, 2018). However, many continue to question the ability of the western part of the country to attract foreign tourists due to a variety of infrastructure problems, such as substandard accommodations, poor roads, and inadequate transportation networks to and from the area (Smadych, 2019). In rural villages, the problem is compounded by a general lack of public information about recreational opportunities, inadequate road signage, and the absence of multilingual tour guides (Poznanskyy, 2013).…”

“…After 1991, more foreign visitors began visiting Western Ukraine, although the majority of tourists were initially from Moldova, Poland, Belarus, and Russia. Tourists from those countries did not need to speak English in order to have a successful vacation, however, so there was no major incentive for Ukrainian hospitality workers to learn the language (United States Agency for International Development, 2005;Riashchenko, Zivitere, and Kutyrieva, 2015;Smadych, 2019).…”