At the present stage in the world, recreational resources have acquired great importance. These are objects and phenomena of nature that can be used for recreation, treatment and tourism. In recent years, a “recreational explosion” has been observed on Earth, which manifests itself in the increasing impact of the flow of people on nature. This is the result of the scientific and technological revolution and the isolation of man from nature. The use of recreational resources can be assessed by the number of tourists visiting the country. All countries of the world have some kind of recreational resources, but to the greatest extent vacationers are attracted by such countries as Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Egypt, Turkey, India, Mexico. The countries and regions where rich natural and recreational resources are combined with cultural and historical sights are the most popular. The development of recreational nature management and international tourism can bring a lot of income to these countries (Fig.). Among the natural and recreational objects, the most famous are: the coasts of the Mediterranean, Black, Caribbean, Red Seas; Hawaiian, Maldives, Canary, Bahamas and other islands; therapeutic mud of the Crimea; mineral waters of the Caucasus.

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The use of modern world recreational resources is characterized by significant territorial unevenness.

The World Tourism Organization distinguishes six main regions:
1. European (all European countries, countries of the former USSR + Turkey,

Cyprus and Israel).
2. American (all countries of North and South America).
3. Asia-Pacific (APR, all countries of East and South- 4. East Asia, Australia and Oceania).
5. Middle East (countries of Southwest Asia + Egypt and Libya).
African (all African countries except Egypt and Libya).
6. South Asian (countries of South Asia).

European countries are leading in terms of the number of World Heritage sites. About 1/5 of the world heritage sites are natural monuments. The unsettled socio-economic and political situation in some Asian countries, as well as the remoteness of some parts from Europe, reduces its attractiveness as a center of world tourism and recreation. Due to ongoing civil and political unrest, travel companies do not recommend visiting certain regions and countries: Colombia; Haiti; South Lebanon; Afghanistan; Congo; Rwanda; Algeria; Somalia. The vast majority of these countries and regions are characterized by political instability, military and national conflicts.

Rice. Foreign exchange earnings from international tourism

Recreational nature management is travel and excursions, hiking, relaxing on the beach, mountain climbing, sea and river cruises, visiting cultural and sporting events, recreation at tourist bases, fishing and hunting.

One of the types of recreational nature management is ecological tourism. Ecological tourism is divided into: seaside, mountain, river, sea, urban, scientific and educational. The objects are national and natural parks, individual landscapes, natural and natural-cultural attractions. Ecotourists travel to their own and neighboring countries, but their main flow is directed from Europe and North America to tropical countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Ecuador). According to modern estimates, ecological tourism is the most rapidly developing part of the world's recreational nature management. Getting more widespread extreme tourism travel to the Arctic, Antarctica.

The greatest tourist and recreational activity is distinguished by people aged 30 to 50 years. At least 25% of all tourists are young people who are financially well-off in developed countries, have a good education and strive to satisfy their unique interests in the knowledge of nature. In the richest country of capital in the United States, more than 70% of families with an annual income of less than 2 thousand dollars do not travel outside the country, 20% of tourists account for 80% of all travel. In Germany, more than 60% of the population is not included in migration recreation at all. In the UK, 40% of the adult population 78.8% do not travel. In developing countries, foreign tourism is rather poorly developed, the fact remains that the vast majority of more than four billion people in the world have not yet crossed the borders of their country. According to statistical studies, it has been established that in the middle of the 20th century, more than 2 billion people never left their village or city. The greatest interest in travel is shown by middle-income strata of the population: employees, youth, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs.
According to numerous surveys and questionnaires, the following factors influence the choice of turfima:

Advice from friends and acquaintances: 31.6%;
Prices: 26.7%;
Availability of a license: 18.1%;
Service set: 15.6%;
Terms and experience in the market: 14.8%;
Personal experience with this firm: 13.0%;
Expert advice: 11.3%;
Employee friendliness: 8.8%;
Travel firm ratings: 4.7%;
Advertising: 3.7%;
Mention of a travel company in directories: 3.4%;
Good office: 2.5%;
Convenient location: 2.5%;
Other indicators: 5.9%.

The tourism industry is a significant factor contributing to the more intensive economic development of those areas of the globe that are located far from large industrial centers and have little economic resources. In a number of states, tourism has become a large independent branch of the economy, occupying a leading position in the economy. This is largely due to the fact that the modern tourism industry provides a large amount of services consumed by tourists during their travel abroad.

Objects and phenomena of nature, as well as human activity that can be used for recreation, tourism and treatment, are called.

The recreational potential of Russia is great. Natural recreational resources (seas, rivers, waters, picturesque, etc.) are very diverse. But climatic conditions, environmental problems, underdevelopment of infrastructure significantly reduce the possibility of their full use. At the same time, large territories in Russia are actually not affected by civilization. Demand for such territories around the world is constantly growing.

Monuments of history and culture of Russia were badly damaged in the 20th century. Their restoration requires large financial investments.

The largest recreational areas of Russia are the North Caucasus, Central and North-West.

The North Caucasus region is primarily the sanatorium-resort complexes of Mineralnye Vody (Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki, Zheleznovodsk) and (Anapa, Gelendzhik, Sochi), as well as Dombay, Arkhyz, Teberda, etc. The area has favorable natural conditions for summer types of recreation, mountaineering, skiing, treatment. For example, Anapa is the sunniest place on the Black Sea coast (the average annual number of sunny days is 317), a children's resort of all-Russian importance. Sochi - the largest resort in Russia - stretches along the sea coast for 150 km. Pyatigorsk is called a unique natural museum of mineral waters, as it has over 40 mineral springs.

The central region is especially attractive with numerous monuments of history and culture. A unique complex of cultural and historical objects - the "Golden Ring of Russia".

In particular, Sergiev Posad (known since 1340) has been the center of Russian Orthodoxy for many years, Rostov is famous for its Kremlin complex, bells, enamel, Suzdal is a museum city of world significance, Vladimir has been the most important city of Russian principalities for more than 150 years.

There are many ancient Russian cities in the region (Smolensk, Murom, Tula, Ryazan, Kolomna, Dmitrov, etc.), Russian monasteries that played a big role in the defense of the country, education, development of new lands (Nilova, Serafimo-Diveevsky, Optina Pustyn, Voskresensky New Jerusalem, Savvino-Sto-Rozhevsky, Bryansky Svensky, Pafnutiev Borovsky and others). Here are the fields of Russian glory - Kulikovo and Borodino, the centers of wonderful folk art crafts - Zhostovo, Gzhel, Fedoskino, Khokhloma, Palekh, etc., places associated with the work of cultural figures, art, science - Bolshoye Boddino, Polenovo, Yasnaya Polyana , Konstantinovo, Abramtsevo and many others.

The North-Western region is, first of all, St. Petersburg and its environs - the famous palace and park complexes (Lomonosov, Gatchina, Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets). No less interesting are Pskov, Pushkin places (Pskov region), Veliky Novgorod, Valaam and Kizhi, Solovetsky Islands, Pskov-Pechersk, Alexander-Svir and Tikhvin Bogoroditsky monasteries, monuments of Veliky Ustyug, Kargopol and much more.

Of course, the recreational resources of Russia are not limited to the three named areas. No less attractive with its unique caves (Divya, Kapova, Kungurskaya), centers of art crafts, (, Chuisky tract, etc.), Primorsky Krai, Yenisei and much more.

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Since recreational resources are extremely unevenly distributed on the planet, an increasing number of people go on a journey with recreational goals and motives. These recreational trips (medical, health-improving, educational, sports) have become the basis for the development of recreational tourism. Recreational aspects are always present in business tourism (business tourism, congress tourism, shopping tourism).

The implementation of the tourism business in market conditions can be carried out in the presence of four main components: capital, technology, personnel, recreational resources. This means that, having insufficient capital, to acquire personnel, technology and engage in tourism. To do this, you need to choose a place where there are recreational resources, and if there is no such place, then create it. This is one of the specific features of the tourism business in the market. Since the fourth component - recreational resources - is the cheapest, in general, this determines the high profitability of the tourism business. If tourism is associated with the creation of a tourist resource, then the cost of a tourist product increases dramatically.

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Recreational resources are understood as a set of natural and artificially created objects suitable for creating a tourist product. As a rule, recreational resources determine the formation of the tourism business in a particular region. These resources have the following main properties: attractiveness (attractiveness), climatic conditions, accessibility, degree of study, excursion significance, socio-demographic characteristics, potential reserve, method of use, etc., these resources are used for health, tourism, sports and educational purposes.

Recreational resources can be conditionally divided into natural and socio-economic (socio-cultural).

Natural tourism resources are classified:

§ by belonging to certain components of the natural environment (climatic, water, forest, etc.).

§ by functional purpose (improving, cognitive).

§ by exhaustibility (exhaustible: objects of hunting, fishing and inexhaustible: sun, sea water).

§ by renewability (renewable: plants, animals and non-renewable: therapeutic mud, cultural monuments).

Socio-economic resources include:

§ cultural and historical objects (monuments and memorable places, museums, architectural ensembles).

§ cultural and historical phenomena (ethnographic, religious).

§ economic (financial, infrastructural, labor).

Despite its social and humane role, tourism modifies the environment. Reducing the damage to the tourism industry to the environment is regulated at the state and international levels through environmental education, tax regulation, limiting the tourist and recreational load on natural resources, etc.

Thus, recreational resources are considered as one of the factors in the development of tourism and the basis for planning the production of a tourism product.

The structure of recreation.

An analysis of the scientific and specialized literature of the 1970s and 1980s shows that most publications on recreational geography deal only with issues related to tourism, and not with recreation in general. Thus, in the domestic literature, there is a well-established idea that the concepts of recreation and tourism are close, in most publications they are identical, but to be precise, recreation includes tourism, excursions and recreation without moving from the usual environment of existence. Thus, tourism is the most important component of recreation. All terms that include the word "recreational" are focused primarily on issues related to tourism or recreation in general. One of the most well-developed concepts that even entered the school curriculum in the 80s is "recreational resources".

A different understanding of the word "recreation" abroad, which began to be actively introduced into the Russian language. In English tourism literature, recreation is understood as a set of phenomena and processes associated with the restoration of strength in the process of rest and treatment. Therefore, the English-language "Recreation and Tourism" should be taken more as "Recreation and Tourism". However, in modern tourism literature, the expression "Recreation and tourism" is constantly encountered, which is nonsense for the Russian language, since tourism is an integral part of recreation. Moreover, they began to single out "recreational tourism", which in the traditional sense of these terms is a tautology.

The replacement of the term "recreational resources" has begun, which is very well developed and its meaning is clear. Instead of "recreational resources" they use the term "tourist resources", the essence and theory of which have not yet been developed, and the definition itself is very vague. Often these concepts are considered as synonyms, then it is not clear why a new term should be introduced instead of an established and theoretically justified one. There is a statement that recreational resources are part of tourist resources, which again is a terminological confusion, since tourism is part of recreation, and not vice versa.

Thus, the borrowing of foreign terminology without taking into account the existing conceptual apparatus within the framework of domestic science and practice leads, firstly, to philological paradoxes, and secondly, confuses the presentation of the material due to semantic contradictions. Ignoring the existence of recreational geography brings only harm to tourism.

A number of borrowings from the English language are simply superfluous. One of the now fashionable words "destination" is translated simply as "direction" and does not carry any other semantic load. Attempts to interpret the destination as a destination that attracts tourists with recreational resources and provides conditions for accommodation, transportation, food and entertainment of tourists are not convincing. This is any tourist destination: France with 70 million tourists a year and the microstates of Oceania, Paris and a village in Siberia, the Adriatic and the North Pole. Reflecting the tourist specifics of the concept, one could translate the word "destination" as "tourist (recreational) direction", which is noted in a number of publications. The author does not propose to abandon the term, which has rapidly entered the Russian tourist terminology, but aims to draw the attention of the tourist community to the excessive clogging of the language with foreign terminology.

Along with the appearance of terms that contradict the established conceptual apparatus, publications appear that distort the theory of recreational geography. For example, I.V. Zorin and V.A. Quarterly recreational potential is called "the ratio between the actual and the maximum possible number of tourists, determined based on the availability of recreational resources." Potential cannot be a "relationship", although its study allows us to estimate the maximum possible number of tourists. The recreational potential of the territory is "a set of natural, cultural, historical and socio-economic prerequisites for the organization of recreational activities" (Mironenko, Tverdokhlebov, 1981), the main component of the recreational potential are recreational resources.

From the definition of recreational resources according to I.V. Zorin and V.A. Firstly, it is not clear to Kvartalnov why they are part of tourist resources, what they do not include, and secondly, where in this definition their most important part is cultural and historical recreational resources. Apparently, the authors understand only the natural component as recreational resources. In the same work, explaining the concept of "capacity of recreational resources" (essentially natural!), The "anthropogenic load" is considered. Anthropogenic load does not have norms defined "in order to prevent violation of the ecological state of the natural environment", since this is a real load that may be lower, equal to or greater than the maximum allowable one and is called recreational load in tourism (anthropogenic load is a violation of nature in any human activity, not only recreational). Maximum allowable recreational loads are not "determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation", since they are different for each landscape, and the existing standards relate to isolated cases, for example, beaches, nature protection zones.

There are many definitions of the term recreational resources, some more successful, others less. V.I. Prelovsky, a completely acceptable definition of natural recreational resources is used, "which should be understood as natural phenomena, processes or individual elements of the landscape (more capaciously and better -" elements and phenomena of the geographical environment "), ... which can be used to organize recreational activities." However, in recent scientific and educational publications, an unsuccessful, in our opinion, definition is given, and the explanations distort the essence of the term with incidental accusations of everyone and everything in misunderstanding it. According to V.I. Prelovsky, natural recreational resources are "natural bodies, phenomena, processes or individual relief elements ... that can be used for recreation and tourism", these are "components of the natural environment". Natural recreational resources, like any resources, are not a component of the natural environment, but a combination of elements of the entire geographic environment, i.e. the recreational resources of a beach are a certain combination of the characteristics of the relief, climate and sea, as well as vegetation and wildlife. It is unfortunate, in our opinion, to use the words "natural bodies" to define recreational resources, which carry a physical and philosophical load. Rather, we should talk about natural objects or elements of the geographical environment. Plants, animals, beaches, waterfalls, etc. require a different definition. It looks strange to add concrete among abstract concepts - "separate elements of relief".

Most importantly, a recreational resource, like any other, requires study, but it will be a resource regardless of whether it has been explored or not. If a waterfall is known and attracts tourists, it is a resource, regardless of whether its height is measured and how many people can visit it, if the beach attracts people to relax and swim, then this is a resource, regardless of whether we know its area, the duration of the beach-swimming season and recreational capacity. Since ancient times, man has been using the energy resources of wind and falling water, having no idea about kilowatts. Patricians in ancient Rome bathed in baths at mineral springs, not knowing anything about their debit, chemical composition, temperature scales Celsius and Fahrenheit, but they used the healing resource. Thus, the statement that the natural condition becomes a resource only when it is studied, that "climatic conditions become a resource only if the duration of the period with comfortable conditions is known" (according to V.I. Prelovsky), is incorrect. Natural conditions and natural resources are one of the basic concepts of geography, closely related to the natural-philosophical category "geographical environment". Natural conditions are those elements of the geographical environment that a person does not directly use in production activities, but without which his existence is impossible, this is the air that we breathe, this is the climate in which we live (regardless of the warm climate or cold, causing huge costs for warm construction and for fuel). Natural resources are those elements of the geographical environment that a person directly uses in his production activities (mineral, energy, water, etc.). The climate becomes not a condition, but a resource when it begins to be used in economic activity. In relation to agriculture, it is an agro-climatic resource, since the amount of heat and precipitation of a given climate is important for agriculture. For urban cognitive, for festival, even for hunting tourism - the climate is a natural condition, but for bathing, beach or ski tourism - it is a resource. As the productive forces develop, new elements of the geographic environment become a resource. The transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age is associated with the development of a new mineral resource - iron ore, with the advent of mills, wind and mountain rivers turn from natural conditions into valuable energy resources. Thus, the boundary between a condition and a resource is very shaky and is determined by the use in economic activity, and not by the degree of knowledge

38) the main types of recreation.

ACTIVITIES

beach holiday

Beach holidays are the most common type of holiday. The warm rays of the sun, the lapping of sea waves, the whisper of a light breeze, as well as interesting entertainment programs and discos arranged by guides. Sunbathe on the beach, wander on the warm sand, dive under water, take pictures of seascapes.

The combination of a beach holiday with interesting excursions and all kinds of entertainment diversifies your vacation.

Someone prefers to have an active rest - attend all kinds of excursions, go diving, surfing or go on safaris to remote corners of a particular country. Others choose a relaxing holiday on golden beaches, with the opportunity to leisurely contemplate the beauty of local landscapes and enjoy life away from the bustle of big cities.

All this happiness awaits you at the resorts Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Thailand, Tunisia, UAE etc.

Excursion rest

Excursion tourism will give you the opportunity to get acquainted with the history of the country, its customs and traditions.

Such tours usually include visits to several cities with accommodation in different hotels and a rich excursion program, and may include air travel or bus travel.

Excursion tours are divided according to the degree of saturation and exoticism. The most affordable - bus in Europe, expensive - sea cruises. Many people think that a bus tour is boring. It all depends on how this tour is organized. The most annoying thing is a night move, so always check if there will be such moves. The second thing to pay attention to is cities. It is more interesting when a big city has at least a day and a half.

Most sightseeing tours focus on Western Europe, primarily because of the simplicity of the Schengen Visa, when you can move freely within the borders of the Schengen zone.

Excursion tourism is the most informative and fascinating routes, acquaintance with culture and history France, Czech Republic,Germany, Italy etc.

Exotic tours

Exotic holidays are holidays in countries that are not mass destinations, due to the lack of direct regular flights, and yet, in terms of the level of service, it competes with many destinations.

Gorgeous white sandy beaches, tropical vegetation, impenetrable jungle, roaring waterfalls, blue skies, crystal clear seas in all shades of blue-green. At any time of the year, eternal summer and a riot of rich colors are striking.

Holidays in exotic countries attract tourists not only with the hot sun and clean beaches, but also with the opportunity to get extraordinary experiences that you will be pleased to share for many years after visiting the resort.

The rich history and culture of these countries and natural diversity create a wide range of opportunities for travel and recreation.

Exotic vacation - Dominican Republic, Seychelles, island Bali, Cuba, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives.

Cruises

A cruise is an ideal way to take a break from everyday life, it is a great opportunity to enjoy absolute freedom, to discover new countries.

None of the trips can compete with a cruise for the comfort of moving from one corner of the world to another.

During the day you go ashore, see the sights of those cities where your liner calls, and in the evening you will find a variety of shows with the participation of singers, dancers, magicians, magicians, gala evenings and masquerades, games and karaoke - this is just a small part of the evening entertainment program. Waltz, tango, salsa, mambo, rock, rap orchestra will perform a variety of melodies for you. And dance lovers can go to a disco or a nightclub.

And another significant plus in the treasury of cruises is the cost. After all, if you break any of the cruise routes into components and calculate how much time and money you would need to spend visiting each country separately, then you would see for yourself the legitimacy of the statement that a cruise is also profitable!

Ski holidays

Today, winter ski holidays in European resorts are a great alternative to a beach holiday.

Recreational opportunities are varied. They depend on the country in which you decide to relax. Winter in the mountains is not only about skiing. Fans of unusual sports can choose from snowshoeing or paragliding. And on the frozen lakes, ice skating and windsurfing are very popular.

Resorts Andorra, Austria, France, Italy you will find excellent ski slopes, working lifts, carefree rest, various exciting excursions and many pleasant impressions that will stay with you for a long time.

Therapeutic

How to use 2-3 weeks of vacation not only to pamper yourself, but also to improve your health? The latest resort technologies allow you to conduct an examination and an effective treatment course in a short time.

Recovery traditionally includes SPA services, thalassotherapy, massages, anti-aging, anti-stress, cosmetic, relaxation, weight loss and other programs.

A bath with essential oils, massage, meditation - this is how the morning begins in hotels where there are SPA centers. It is here that you can relieve stress, fatigue and pamper your body with pleasant procedures. Many clinics specialize in the treatment of specific types of diseases.

A measured rest with the opportunity to improve your health is what many would like to get during their holidays. You can’t buy health, but you can try to correct it at the best medical resorts in the world: Austria, Germany,Switzerland, France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech, Israel.

Recreational resources of the world. Recreational refers to natural conditions, resources and public facilities.

Which can be used for recreation, tourism and healthcare.

Recreational resources are divided into natural-recreational and cultural-historical. Natural and recreational include sea and lake coasts, mountainous areas, territories with a comfortable temperature regime, they are used for such types of tourism: beach (Cote d'Azur of France, Italian Riviera, Golden Sands of Bulgaria, islands of the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, Oceania), winter ( Alps, Scandinavian mountains, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Cordillera), ecological (visiting national parks and undeveloped territories).

Resources of the World Ocean. Since the second half of the XX century. Considerable attention is paid to the development of the resources of the World Ocean. The ocean is rich in biological, mineral and energy resources. More than 70 chemical elements are dissolved in sea water, for which it is called "liquid ore". Using the latest technology, some of them are already being removed from the water, in particular bromine, iodine, magnesium, table salt, etc.

The biological resources of the oceans are marine organisms that humans use. There are 180,000 animal species and 20,000 plant species in the Ocean. Fish, marine invertebrates (oysters, crabs), marine mammals (whales, walruses, seals) and seaweeds are of economic importance. So far, they provide the food needs of mankind by only 2%. The shelf zone is the most productive.

The mineral resources of the World Ocean are very diverse. Now oil, natural gas, coal, iron ores, diamonds, gold, amber, etc. are being mined on the ocean shelf. The development of the ocean floor has begun. Large reserves of iron-manganese raw materials have been found here, significantly exceeding its reserves on land. In addition to the main components, ocean deposits contain more than 20 useful elements: nickel, cobalt, copper, titanium, molybdenum, etc. Technologies for the extraction of iron-manganese ores from the ocean floor have already been developed in the USA, Japan, Germany and other countries.

The energy resources of the oceans are inexhaustible and diverse. Tidal energy is already being used in France, CILLA, Russia, Japan. A significant reserve is the energy of waves, sea currents, water temperature differences.

In our time, there is a problem of economical use of the wealth of the oceans, the protection of its resources. The world community is especially concerned about the oil pollution of the ocean. After all, only 1 g of oil is enough to destroy life in 1 m3 of water. To preserve the nature of the World Ocean, international agreements are being concluded on the protection of waters from pollution, rules for the use of biological resources, and a ban on testing weapons of mass destruction in the Ocean. Great hopes are placed on the use of truly inexhaustible resources in the future: the energy of the Sun, wind, the internal heat of the Earth, space.

Each of us is looking forward to the summer, when we can go to a seaside resort, to the mountains or to an ordinary holiday home located in our middle lane. Today, there are more than enough options for recreation for every taste both in our country and abroad.


When choosing what to do in the summer, we most often do not even think about the fact that all this - the sea coast, mountains, mineral springs and other resort areas - is a recreational resource of our country that needs to be developed, protected and increased.

What are recreational resources?

A frightening name for many "recreational resources" designate everything that can be used for recreation and tourism. On their basis, many countries create entire recreational industries that meet the needs of their own population and foreign citizens in a comfortable and healthy vacation.

Recreational resources include:

- territories in which conditions for recreation have naturally developed or artificially created;

- sights of a historical or cultural nature;

- infrastructure, population and other factors that relate to the economic potential of a particular territory.


These are resources on the basis of which it is possible to form an effectively functioning recreational economy, i.e. a complex of natural, socio-economic, historical and cultural factors that will provide conditions for recreation and health improvement of people on a fairly massive scale.

Recreational industries in the modern world have become of great importance. Entire states are building their recreational facilities in order to ensure stable replenishment of the state budget and economic development of the regions at their expense.

The basis of recreational resources, as a rule, are natural landscape components: the sea coast, mountain range, picturesque banks of a river or lake, forests or steppes, mineral springs, therapeutic mud.

Second in importance are historical and cultural monuments: palace and park ensembles, museums, places of memorable historical events, etc. But all this does not bring the expected effect if it is not supported by a developed infrastructure and adequate service.

Types of recreational resources

The radical change in lifestyle that has occurred over the past century has significantly increased the role of recreational resources and the recreational industry for the population. The scientific and technological revolution has removed most people from physical labor and natural surroundings, moving them to a completely artificial environment and forcing them to spend whole days sitting, standing behind a machine tool or a conveyor belt.


Therefore, the best types of recreation for many of us is communication with nature - swimming in the sea, walking in the forest or on the river bank, hiking in the mountains or rafting on a stormy river. For another part of society, recreation is about getting new experiences - they are more suitable for educational excursions to historical or cultural attractions.

We should not forget about health tourism, as well as many other types of recreation. All this together makes recreational resources of different types.

- Climatic resources - areas with certain types of climate: seaside, alpine, cold, etc. The most comfortable for recreation are areas with a tropical and subtropical climate.

- Water resources are a whole range of water natural or artificial objects: seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, etc. As a rule, they form the basis of a recreational complex.

- Forest resources - forests located in accessible areas and suitable for recreation. Almost all forest areas can be attributed to them, except for those located in heavily swampy areas.

- Balneological resources are mineral and thermal springs, reservoirs with therapeutic mud, used for the treatment and prevention of a number of diseases.

— Landscape resources are various types of natural or artificially created landscapes that are of interest for walking, driving, horseback riding, cycling, skiing and other types of tourism.

— Excursion tourism resources include historical, architectural and cultural attractions, beautiful and unusual landscapes, ethno-cultural, entertainment, industrial and other objects that may be of interest to vacationers.


Russia has a huge recreational potential, which today is beginning to be realized at a qualitatively new level in the most beautiful and ecologically clean corners of our country.