Assessment of recreational and tourist attractiveness of roadside territories

Abstract

Problem. Currently, many roads and their infrastructure have been severely damaged by hostilities. In the post-war development of Ukraine, especially transport infrastructure, much attention should be paid to the restoration and construction of recreational facilities in roadside areas to ensure short-term and long-term recreation of drivers and passengers. Not many studies have been devoted to the problems of providing tourist and recreational potential with transport and recreational infrastructure in Ukraine. Basically, researchers pay attention to the characteristics of the transport complex of Ukraine in terms of the development of the roads themselves. Thus, it is necessary to determine the principles of selection of territories for the development of recreational facilities along highways in the restoration and development of post-war Ukraine. Goal. The aim of the work is to develop criteria and principles for assessing roadside areas in terms of the need and possibility of locating tourist and recreational infrastructure. Methodology. Analytical research methods were used to determine the approaches of foreign countries to the location of tourist and recreational facilities on highways. Determining the most attractive roadside areas for tourist and recreational infrastructure is based on the developed criteria and methodological approach to scoring the requirements of vacationers. Results. The main highways, which are tourist and recreational routes for Ukrainian and foreign vacationers, are characterized. The tourist and recreational infrastructure and its influence on the development of recreational business in the state are determined. The principles of location of recreational facilities in roadside areas abroad are analyzed. Recreational requirements of traveling tourists are revealed. Criteria and principles for assessing roadside areas for the construction of recreational facilities have been developed. Originality. Criteria and methodological approach for assessing the most attractive roadside areas for tourist and recreational infrastructure have been developed. The main priorities are suggested that should be the basis of tourism and recreation policy of the state in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. Practical value. The use of the proposed methodological approach to determining the most attractive areas for the construction of tourist and recreational infrastructure will help avoid chaotic construction of roadside space and unmotivated alienation of agricultural land.