THE CONCEPT OF SPACE TOURISM: A NEED-LEGAL APPROACH
Authors:   Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky, Lviv, Ukraine, Skabara Roman , Tymoshenko Lidia ,   Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky, Lviv, Ukraine, Kucher Pavlo ,   Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky, Lviv, Ukraine
Published: November 2024

The purpose of the article is the development of conceptual and methodological foundations for solving the issue of classification criteria for distinguishing space tourism as an independent type of tourism. Research methodology. During the writing of the article, general scientific methods of scientific research were used, in particular methods of analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction. Analytical and systematic approaches to the review of special scientific and popular scientific literature are applied. The informational basis of the research was normative legal acts and scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists. In the course of the research, own observations regarding the selected issues were also used. Research results. The status of space tourism is presented, in particular, through consideration of the systems of legal regulation of the tourism industry in Ukraine and abroad. The works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists regarding the interpretation of space tourism have been analyzed. The essence and significance of the legal basis of space tourism is revealed. The need for legal support of space tourism in the context of the development of the tourism industry in order to popularize space tourism as a promising subspecies of tourism that contributes to the sustainable development of tourism in war conditions has been clarified. The findings presented in the article allow us to offer our own interpretation of space tourism and determine its role and place in the overall structure of tourism types. The allocation of space tourism is based on the observation of phenomena and objects in outer space during a space flight, which gives grounds for affirming «spaceness» as a qualifying feature of tourism, which indicates its spatial feature. Thus, the definition of space tourism (taking into account the species difference) involves considering it as a subspecies of one of the types of tourism, separated by the purpose of the trip. Scientific novelty. The conceptual and terminological apparatus and classification characteristics of space tourism, as a subspecies of tourism, the peculiarities of which are determined by the pluralistic needs of a person has been substantiated. Practical significance of the article consists in the systematization of scientific, scientific-journalistic, normative-legal information and personal intelligence based on own scientific-practical experience in the issue of space tourism. The approaches to defining the concept of space tourism described in the article can contribute to the improvement and renewal of the legal framework of tourism. The proposals presented in the article regarding the definition of the conceptual and terminological apparatus can be used during educational activities to increase the level of training and education of students of the specialty 242 «Tourism and Recreation».