NEW REALITIES OF PILGRIMAGE ACTIVITY IN THE TERNOPIL REGION

Abstract

The importance of pilgrimage in the region due to the circumstances has been determined. The basic concepts inherent in pilgrimage tourism are analyzed. It is established that the region has all the prerequisites for the further functioning of pilgrimage activities. It was found that the first places were taken by well-known centers of sacred tourism in Ukraine and abroad - Pochaiv, Zarvanytsia. Next are, Ternopil, town. Vyshnivets, Terebovlia, Buchach, which are also well combined with the available historical and cultural resources and torment to tourism. The main methods were geographical, historical, cultural analysis, using a wide range of materials from literary sources and departmental institutions. Recommendations for the development of specific pilgrimage routes have been developed. The conducted analysis testifies to high potential of religious (pilgrim) tourism and feature of his establishment within the limits of area. It is important enough as opens the prospects of rapprochement of theory and practice in modern scientific. Undertaken a study accents attention on society-geographical approaches in relation to to potential of religious tourism in Ukraine, assists forming of modern concept-category vehicle of theoretical geography of religion and determines the main vectors of development of religious tourism in measuring of the applied society-geographical science.
 In the Ternopil area there are all possibilities for forming of pilgrim streams, in fact in a region there are pilgrim places of national and regional value, that assist bringing in of additional investments in development of pilgrim infrastructure. From all objects of pilgrimage the developed pilgrim infrastructure is had sacral objects that is located in 34 settlements.
 On the type of settlements, it is a regional center, row of district centers and cities of regional value. The traditional centers of gravity for Christians-pilgrims in Ternopil are, Pochaiv, Zarvanytsia, Berezhany Kremenets. Thus, in sacral space of Christianity a region is on a pilgrim ways, that it is necessary to use for development of religious tourism and forming of pilgrim market. By the most widespread problems that brake development of pilgrimage, a pilgrim infrastructure is developed not enough, in particular system of a transport service, subzero enterprise activity in the field of it, providing of the proper level of development of social infrastructure on a pilgrim
 Creation the cluster of tourism of pilgrim would be instrumental in forming and realization of competitive complex regional tourist products. Territorial societies of certain territories, representatives of small and middle business, which work in industry of tourism and concomitant spheres, private biasness which will be plugged in the system of grant of tourist and concomitant services in territorial clusters. Rich natural resource potential, historical and cultural heritage, advantageous territorial location and ecological state contribute to the development of the tourism industry of the Ternopil region. However, the tourist potential of the region is not fully used, since the main tourist objects and routes are not sufficiently equipped.
 Key words: pilgrimage, pilgrimage tourism, pilgrimage routes.