ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ РОЗВИТКУ КУЛЬТУРНО-ПІЗНАВАЛЬНОГО ТУРИЗМУ НА ЧЕРКАЩИНІ

Abstract

The prospects for the development of cultural and educational tourism in Cherkasyregion are analyzed in the paper.The relevance of the study is explained by insufficient coverage of the issue of culturaland educational tourism in Cherkasy region in scientific literature. It should be noted thatcultural and educational tourism is increasingly attracting tourists, because Cherkasy region isa region where travelers can not only meet the needs of recreation, using recreational areas,but also develop intellectually and spiritually, visiting numerous cultural and historical sites.The purpose of the study is to identify specific historical and cultural regions that arethe reason of cultural and educational tourism.In order to achieve this goal, the following tasks must be fulfilled: to determine theprospects for the development of cultural and educational tourism; to analyze issues oftourists' motivation to visit a cultural and historical site; to determine the specific culturaland historical traditions of Cherkasy region; to feature the prospects for solving theseproblems.To achieve the goal, the following research methods have been used: systematizationof scientific literature and theoretical analysis to determine the state and theoreticaljustification of the prospects for the development of cultural and educational tourism inCherkasy region, methods of empirical research: observation, comparison, generalization.In the course of writing the article, it is proved that cultural and educational tourismis an active way to study the culture and history of the people. Potential tourists may beinterested in historical, cultural, architectural monuments, as well as religious sites ofCherkasy region. It should be noted that there are many monuments of material and spiritualculture in the studied region, which attract tourists not only from all over Ukraine but alsofrom other countries. Unfortunately, not all of them are in good condition. Thus, Cherkasyregion has a significant cultural, historical, economic, educational potential for thedevelopment of cultural and educational tourism.The article proves that Cherkasy region has a considerable potential for theintroduction of cultural and educational tours, given the available resources. The restorationof cultural and historical sites and the development of tourism infrastructure will contributeto increasing the number of tourists.