DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
The Ukrainian
Carpathians possess a considerable recreational potential. Despite this, the modern
economic-industrial orientation of the region consists in the extensive use of local
resources. The worked out scientifically orientated model of the mountain communities
sustainable development envisages the ecologically orientated economy reorganization of
the Ukrainian Carpathians in regard to the tourism-recreational
industry development. The reasonable alternative of tourism and recreation in the mountain
regions does not exist.
For the last decades, the ecological tourism is being actively developed and advocated all over the world. The Carpathian biosphere reserve, owing to its natural peculiarities, and also functional zoning of its territory, represents the best conditions just for the development of this type of recreation.
In this context, the prospective trend for the further development of the Carpathian biosphere reserve, besides the unique natural ecosystems conservation and study, should be the use of powerful recreational potential.