MAIN FEATURES OF BALNEOLOGICAL AND MUD RESORTS NETWORK OF THE BLACK SEA COUNTRIES
Journal Title: Вісник Одеського національного університету. Географічні та геологічні науки - Year 2015, Vol 20, Issue 3
Abstract
Purpose. The aim of the article is the characteristics of geographical (natural and socio-economic) prerequisites for the development of coastal resorts of Black Sea region countries, with emphasis on balneological and mud-bath of recreational resources systems. Six European and Asian countries – Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania have a diverse and significant resort and recreational resources of the Black Sea coast. However, for many decades the Black Sea resorts of these countries are in the «shadow» of the more popular resorts in the Mediterranean, which is not always justified. Data & Methods. At first the assessment of natural resource factors in the development of resorts was carried out according to adopted research methodology of recreation systems, and in the second stage – their economic and tourist attraktivnist according to official statistics. In the article the presence of a certain resort of the Black Sea recreational resources (mud, mineral water, and climatic characteristics of the region) we call natural resource factors. Economic and tourist attractiveness – a cost-effective number of tourists that visited a certain region and allowed to reach the maximum social and economic benefit. For estimation of the attractiveness of the tourist area there is no single scientifically based integrated indicator. The economic and tourist attractiveness based on indicators of total tourist flow in the country, the number of tourists (domestic and foreign), the subjects of the tourism industry was estimated. It should be noted here that the economic data of State Statistics in the field of tourism resorts in the respective countries for the period from 2012 to 2014 was used only much of which has a different level of detalization and direction. Results. The Black Sea coast has a variety of natural resources and the unique nature for development of resorts.Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Georgia have understood this fact and are investing more and more to improve their resorts.Turkey and Ukraine are only in the process of development and improvement of their Black Sea resorts.Natural-resource base of resorts focuses recreants primarily toward forms of climatic recreation and health. At the same time the presence mineral medical waters and mineral muds established significant addition to recreational and touristic attractivness of reviewed resorts . The ability to use therapeutic resources of water and mud resort increasing tourist flow in 15 25%.This fact should create additional investment incentive to the development of hotel and spa facilities and transport networks, which are the most expensive components of the reviewed resorts.
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A. Е. Molodetsky, H. O. Pyshna
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