Етнографічний туризм як резерв соціально-економічного розвитку Українських Карпат

Abstract

Ethnographic tourism is considered as a provision of tourist services through engaging the attractive elements of traditional culture and way of life of ethnic groups of a certain nation. Ukrainian Carpathians have a great potential of ethnographic resources that form the material and spiritual components of the traditional culture of Ukrainian people. Concentration of resources of ethnographic tourism is significantly differentiated in Huzul, Boyko and Lemko ethnographic areas. Resources of ethnographic tourism in Hutsul ethnographic region, on the basis of which Verhovyna-Kryvorivnya, Kosiv, Yaremcha, Vyzhnytsya-Putyla and Rakhiv-Yasinya tourist clusters form, are preserved, ordered and information actualized best of all. The largest centre of ethnographic tourism in Boyko ethnographic area is the city of Turka. The basis of ethnographic tourism within Lemko ethnographic region may be holding of ethnic festivals. Prospects of ethnographic tourism in the Ukrainian Carpathians depend on its cooperation with other types of tourism – active sports and wellness tourism, ecotourism, agrotourism. Key words: ethnographic tourism, tourist resources, Ukrainian Carpathians, ethnographic areas, tourist clusters.