СУЧАСНІ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНІ ПРОБЛЕМИ ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ ЕКОЛОГІЧНОГО ТУРИЗМУ НА ТЕРИТОРІЇ ЛІСОВОГО ФОНДУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ КАРПАТ В УМОВАХ ВІЙНИ

Abstract

The socio-economic problems that inhibit the effective functioning of ecological tourism on the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians forest fund in the modern conditions of Russia’s war against Ukraine are considered. Attention is paid to the reduction of the main revenues to the budget from the tourism business in Ukraine. The negative consequences of the war and their impact on the territory of Ukraine are analyzed. It was emphasized that the hostilities on the territory of Ukraine increase the emission of greenhouse gases, which is the main cause of acid rain, which negatively affects the human body and the environment. It is substantiated that ecological tourism remains popular among Ukrainians, in particular in the west of Ukraine. The development of ecological tourism on the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians forest fund is based on changes related to the transition from one condition to another. Whether the transition is positive or negative depends on the initial principles. This requires the conscious participation of all relevant stakeholders, as well as the state administration to ensure a certain organizational and economic mechanism for the use of forest fund territories for the development of ecological tourism in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The article analyzes the main aspects of the functioning of ecological tourism on the territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians forest fund in the conditions of martial law, which should be based on certain principles to improve social and economic conditions for the local population, preserve natural conditions of the forest fund territories and their sustainable use. Ecological tourism will help to increase the level of employment of the local population, increase financial revenues to the local budget, raise the level of environmental awareness, attract investments, preserve and develop the cultural potential and natural capital of these territories, etc. Reducing excessive consumption and waste avoids the cost of restoring long-term environmental damage and contributes to the quality of ecological tourism. Attention is paid to the integration process into the system of international ecological tourism.