HISTORICAL CRUISE TOURISM IN UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES: «CHERNOMORSKIY « & «DANUBE DELTA»
Authors: Dimova L. S. , Yavorskaya V. V. 
Published: August 2023

(Cooperation of the Scientific foreign languages Circle in honor of the Honorary President Mrs Halyna Semenivna Dimova (Shutko) «History of the Izmail Red Cross» and the Faculty of Geology and Geography оf Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University)
Problem statement and Purpose. The south of Ukraine has unique natural and historical treasures. The article analyzes the possibility of combining natural resources included in the World Network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and forgotten facts from the international history of the First World War, which took place in their water areas and adjacent territories, in cruise tourism. Taking into account the interest to the French language of the participants in the educational process, the Faculties of Romance and Germanic Philology, History and Philosophy, Geology and Geography, International relations, political and social studies the Circle explores various issues, including historical cruise tourism. The purpose of the article is to analyze the possibilities of combining the use of the direction of historical tourism of the work of the Scientific Circle related to niche local cruise tourism, the study of the possibility of including accumulated historical facts in the development of tourist routes of the domestic and international level within the interdisciplinary context of the French-language training of masters in the specialty 242 Tourism, specializations tourist service, with an orientation to the modern market of educational services.
The task is to solve theoretical issues, in particular, to reveal the essence and content of local historical niche cruise tourism, the possibility of including local heroic historical heritage in existing cruise routes, both national and international, with scientific coverage and publication of the article in a specialized scientific publication on the specialty 242 Tourism.
Data & Methods. The material is archival documents and publications of researchers-historians, local historians and museum workers of Odessa region, french language scientific academic publications of international official websites, where scientific international publications of the Circle are posted, which can be used by master’s, learning French. Since 2013, the Interdisciplinary University Circle in Foreign Languages «History of the Izmail Red Cross» began its activities thanks to the initiation and assistance of its Honorary Chairman (according to the European tradition – Honorary President) – Halyna Semenivna Dimova (Shutko), Chairman of the Izmail Organization of the Red Cross (2002–2018), Member of the Board of the Odessa Regional Organization of the Red Cross of Ukraine (2002–2018), holder of the highest distinction of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine – «Vis Humanitatis!», Honorary Distinction of the Odessa State Regional Administration, other awards. In 2021, unfortunately, she left this world, but her name continues to live in the activities and name of the Circle. Methods of analysis, analogy, deduction are used, as well as the axiomatic method and philosophical methods of explaining the inconsistency and complexity of the development of intercultural interactions.
Results. The use of the Danube Delta and the 0-kilometer of the Black Sea for the development of historical cruise tourism on the principles of active promotion of the preservation of historical heritage, creating a sense of pride and responsibility among the local population, which coincided with the scientific research of cruise tourism at the second (master’s) level under the guidance of the Department of Economic and Social Geography and Tourism, which in the longer term can contribute to the development of the Tourism Development Program based on the use of this unique historical heritage of the area. The project of historical cruise tourism in the UNESCO biosphere reserves of the South of Ukraine of the Scientific Circle «History of the Izmail Red Cross» together with the Department of Tourism can become a unifying project, which will allow to present an original domestic tourist product. This will increase the economic component, a new impetus for the development and renewal of territories. In peacetime, it is Tourism, that will allow us to revive our country.