Abstract
The objective of the study is to provide arguments for the structural components of the UNESCO heritage, reveal their tourism opportunities and improve the conceptual and terminological apparatus. The research methodology is based on using scientific methods of system-structural analysis, comparison, classification, statistical processing of information, scientific generalization. A significant number of international documents and electronic resources was processed, which allowed to expand the idea of UNESCO heritage as a tourism resource. Results. The conceptual and terminological apparatus of the UNESCO heritage was generalized. The structural scheme of the UNESCO heritage components, that consists of two blocks, namely, heritage components and legislative, was proposed and provided arguments for. The main structural components of the UNESCO heritage were identified and analyzed. The abovementioned components are as follows: the world cultural and natural heritage, documentary, underwater and intangible cultural heritage, which are regulated by relevant international regulations. The tourism opportunities of the main structural components of the UNESCO heritage were revealed. The "UNESCO network" with regards to the legal framework and the possibility of its use in tourism was analyzed. It was concluded that there is an urgent need to review international institutions to protect the heritage during the period of military aggression. Scientific novelty. The structural components were generalized, the conceptual and terminological apparatus of the UNESCO heritage was improved. The definition of a "UNESCO heritage as a tourist resource" concept was offered. Practical significance. Research materials can be used in tourism in the process of developing a tourism product, a tour program, as well as in educational activities when training tourism experts, tourism managers, culturologists and others.
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