Functional model of the recreation assessment countryside

Author(s):  I.S. Koroleva, candidate of Sciences, associate Professor, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia, koroleva_i@bsu.edu.ru

Issue:  Volume 42, № 4

Rubric:  Earth sciences

Annotation:  Rural tourism occupies a stable niche in the world. Rural tourism accounts for 12 to 30 % of the world's tourist flow. In Russia, rural tourism accounts for 1,5 %. The population's demand for rural recreation in our country is satisfied only by 12–15 %. This is due to the lack of efficient use of rural tourism resources and the lack of a comprehensive methodology for assessing rural tourism resources at the Federal and regional levels. Мethods of assessment of recreational potential do not estimate tourism resources in rural areas. Potential of rural tourism is estimated on quality of the services provided by rural estates. Мethods of assessment of recreational potential are expert in nature. The article deals with the problem of assessing the recreational potential of rural areas. The aim of the work is theoretical and methodological substantiation of recreational assessment of rural tourism resources in order to identify the tourist potential of the area. The material of the study was the stock materials of the Belgorod regional Committee of state statistics, reports of the Federal tourism Agency, materials of field research. The paper discussed methodology termin of rural tourism, as the understanding of the term "countryside" is ambiguous, currently. The author analyzed Russian and for-eign literature of rural tourism and studied the phenomenon rural tourism. Termin of rural tourism can be viewed from two perspectives. In the first case it is necessary to consider attractions characteris-tic of the village (village), in the second – for not urbanized (urban) areas. Each of the rural areas has its own specific infrastructure. In the first case, tourists will be accommodated in rural hous-es, estates and farms, in the second – in rural hotels, ethnographic villages, campsites, recreation centers. Tourism services will be provided by rural families or specialized enterprises. The paper correlated the types of tourism associated with rural areas. Within the boundaries of rural areas, relaxation and recreational tourism is possible (depending on the purpose of rest); organized and Amateur (according to the method of organization). Тhe author allocates classical rural tourism and tourism in rural areas of agrotourist, ecological, gastronomic, religious, informative, cultural and historical, ethnotourist, walking and trade, sports, medical and improving and beach and bathing orientations (depending on needs of tourists). It typification depending on the availability of identical and authentic tourist resources. The author has developed the indicators of recreational assessment of rural areas for classic and other species rural tourisms and it is presented a functional model of recreational evaluation of rural areas for the development of rural tourism.

Keywords:  rural tourism, recreational evaluation, identical and authentic tourist resources, attractors

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