MODERN STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF DARK MILITARY TOURISM: PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT

Abstract

The article is devoted to the featuresof the current state of dark military tourismdevelopment; identification of the most popular world and Ukrainian tourist facilities and the redrawing of potential sitesfordark military tourism, which appear or can be seen as a result of today’s armed conflicts in different parts of the world. Analysis of the current development of the dark military tourism allowed to determine the most famous world tourist objects, which are, first of all, places of the past military clashes and severe historical battles, in particular: Gettisberg (USA), the Castle of Bran (Romania), Hezbollah Resistance Museum (Monument of Resistance), etc. The most popular tourist objects of the dark military tourism in Ukraine are: National Museum of History of Ukraine in the Second World War (Kyiv), Museum of Strategic Missile Forces (Pobuzke), Diorama “Battle for the Dnipro” (the city of Dnipro), military-historical complex “Bunker of the Árpád Line” (Transcarpathia) and others. It is clear that the tragic page of the 20th century for mankind was the Second World War, the course of which was severely influenced by the most tragic event – the nuclear bombing of two Japanese cities – Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tragedy happened more than 70 years ago, and as a result of it 90% of Japanese residents of those cities died instantly. The tragic page of modern Ukraine is the Russian aggression, which has been going on for 9 years, and as a result of which new objects and sitesthat can be attributed to the dark military tourism would be found in the occupied territory and in the places of active combat. It is noted that the world-famous tourist sites of the dark military tourism help humanity: to realize the scale of military catastrophes through the fate of thousands of people – its participants, witnesses and victims;to recognize the need for reconciliation between people and science and technology, which have threatened the existence of the entire human civilization and the planet Earth itself; and do not allow the world to forget those lessons, become a warning for the generation of the third millennium.