UNWTO sustainable tourism observatory in Ukraine: national priorities
Journal: Journal of Geography Politics and Society
Year: 2017

In the last six decades, tourism has been undergoing expansion and diversification processes, becoming one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy. The rapid growth of the tourist sector is a problem in terms of irrational use of resources, degradation of natural and cultural heritage, as well as negative social consequences. This grounds the need to change the paradigm of the development of tourism in the direction of rational and responsible use of recreational and tourist resource