GEOSPATIAL STRUCTURE OF PILGRIMAGE ROUTES IN TERNOPIL REGION
Authors: Marynyak Yaroslav , Stetsko Nadiia , Pushkar Zorіana 
Published: August 2023

The article considers the postulate that the tourist is a resource (monetary), and then the main mission of territorial communities is to attract him to their development, using various methods. Combining the principle of tourist attraction, infrastructure, and hospitality on the one hand and attracting new resources (capital investments) is a prerequisite for long-term planning. Therefore, the question of strategic management in the development of tourism arises.

Pilgrimage tourism faced new challenges related to Russia's aggression (war) against Ukraine, which led to the emergence of an even greater desire of believers to pray together for soldiers, for the success of military operations, as well as spiritual self-purification and become a real Christian, not just a practicing one.

Within Ternopil region, 3 pilgrimage districts are clearly visible, namely Northern, Central, and Southern.

Northern district, the routes of which run through the territory of the Kremetskyi administrative district. It covers the district center and 14 pilgrimage sites, of which only five sights are the most visited (Pochaiv city, Vyshnievets village, Mali Zagaytsi village, Stary Pochaiv village, Velyki Berezhtsi village, Lishnya village) . The total number of sacred objects of pilgrimage is 19.2% of the indicator in the Ternopil region. However, in terms of value, they are probably on a par with other regions. The central object of pilgrimage here is the city of Pochaiv.

Central district routes, which run through the territory of the Ternopil administrative district. It covers the regional and at the same time district center and 36 pilgrimage sites, of which only 11 are the most visited, located in (the village of Zarvanytsia, the city of Ternopil, the village of Kolodiivka, the village of Krasnopuscha, the village of Skoriki, the village of Zadrist) . The central object of pilgrimage here is the village. Zarvanytsia

This area has the largest number of sacred objects (36, which is 49.3% of all in the region) and the centers of diocesan denominations operate. In Ternopil, this is primarily the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (the center of the Ternopil-Buchatka Diocese of the OCU), the Cathedral of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine and Elena (the center of the Ternopil Eparchy of the OCU); the Cathedral of Faith, Hope, Love and their Matter Sophia (the center of the Ternopil Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP); the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God (the center of the Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate, which includes the Ternopil-Zboriv Archdiocese), etc.

Routes of the southern district, which run through the territory of the Chortkiv administrative district. It covers the district center and 23 pilgrimage sites, of which only 3 are the most visited, located in (the village of Yazlivets, the village of Ulashkivtsi, the village of Savelyvka). The central object of pilgrimage here is the village. Yazlivets miraculous figure of the Mother of God (copy).

In this area there is a large number of sacred objects (23, which is 31.5% of all in the region) and there are centers of diocesan denominations.

Ternopil-Terebovlyan Eparchy of the OCU and Buchach Greek-Catholic Eparchy, which is part of the Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate.

The isolated geospatial structure of pilgrimage routes and its detailed characteristics show, however, that there is a certain delay in the response of both state and church structures, which do not take into account the change in regional determinants of economic growth.

Key words: pilgrimage, pilgrimage tourism, pilgrimage routes.