13.04.17 A round table "Tourist Local History of Kherson Region: development condition and prospects"

 

 

                                 

 

13.04.17 A round table "Tourist Local History of Kherson Region: development condition and prospects"

The organizers of the event were the Department of Tourism and Kherson Regional Organization of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine. More than 30 specialists in tourist study of local lore took part in the meeting. Representatives of State Authorities and Local Self-government, Tourism Business, specialized agencies, tourist support specialists, teachers of Higher Educational Institutions, local ethnographers were also invited to the round table.

.The welcoming speech was addressed to the participants of the round table by the Rector of KSU Vasyl Stratonov, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Research-Pedagogical Activities and Communication Technologies Oksana Lavrykova, Vice-Rector for Scientific Work Sergey Omelchuk, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Human Health and Tourism Irina Glushchenko and the Head of the Department of Tourism and Resorts KRSA Tatiana Volynets.

The purpose of the event was the decision of topical issues of the development of local history work in Kherson Region in the context of increasing the level of the region's tourist attractiveness.

The round table was held in three directions:

• Definition of ways of popularization of tourist study of local lore of Kherson Region (moderator - Head of the Department of Tourism Viktor Yurchenko)

• preparation and publication of the Tourist Resources Directory of Kherson Region (moderator - assistant professor of tourism Aleksei Makiienko)

• development of innovative tourist and excursion routes in the region (moderator - head of the Regional Information Center of the Oleks Honchar Regional Information Center Nikolai Koshelyuk).

During the round table, the participants were able to get acquainted with presentations of scientific developments of local ethnographers, innovative tourist and excursion routes, projects for the development of various types of tourism in Kherson Region. One of the most important issues of the event was the definition of the optimal forms and mechanisms for involving representatives of the younger generation in tourism and local history work in the region.

 With the video version of the event (adapted for mobile devices), please see: https://youtu.be/Cih8dQ8XBNk.

 The presentations of the event are available at: https://mega.nz/#F!PhQWgbpA!kCoZJc158ZCYLAFI4yCcwg.

A detailed photoreport can be found on the official page of the Department of Tourism in the social network Facebook.