PERSPECTIVE GEOTOURIST ROUTES OF THE PRIGORGAN PRECARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS

Abstract

The geotourism routes of Prigorgan Precarpathia is considered, which has been gaining popularity over the last decade in connection with global environmental initiatives, a trend focused on sustainable consumption of tourism services and a healthy lifestyle. The uniqueness of geotourist routes of Prigorgan Precarpathians is due to the complex geological-geomorphological structure of the study area, which in turn led to the diversity of flora and fauna, the presence of attractive natural monuments (waterfalls, rocks, outcrop of rocks), which makes the area promising for various tourist activities. The article analyzes ways to promote this relatively new for the tourism industry of Ukraine type of tourism in order to form a powerful geotourism platform as one of the leading sectors of the domestic tourism industry. Prigorgansky Precarpathian, given the strong recreational, historical, cultural and geotourism potential of the studied region, it is advisable to offer the following tourist routes. Route № 1: a) Nadvirna (outcrop "Nadvirnyanska rock", channel relief of the river Bystritsa Nadvirnyanska); b) Pniv (Pniv Castle, museum of Oil Fields, outcrops "Pnivska Skladka"; c) Loeva (leveling surface, observation deck Gora Strahora) d) Delyatyn – then the route continues to Bukovel, Verkhovyna Carpathians, mountains Chornohora and Svydivets. Route № 2: a) Delyatyn (flysch outcrop and terrace of the Prut, Zarichchya and Lubizhnyansky Hook waterfalls); b) Dobrotiv (observation deck near Dobrotov, leveling surface Krasna); c) Lanchyn outcrop; d) Krutizh waterfall; d) town Kolomyia e) Markivsky waterfall. Route № 3: a) Bohorodchany (Bohorodchany Castle, Earth History Park Underhill in the village of Pidhirya); b) pseudovolcano Starunya; c) Manyava (Manyava skyt, Blessed Stone rock) – route to Gorgan, to Manyavsky, Bytkivsky waterfalls. Route № 4: a) town Valley, Verkhniy Struten (outcrops of the Chechvyn tuffs and the flysch of the Lopyanets formation); b) Pavlovsky stone and Ripnensky stone rocks, Pidhurkalo waterfall; c) Perechynske – channel of the Limnytsia river; d) Zakernychna: Holy Intercession Monastery, observation deck, outcrop of rocks and waterfalls Skruntar, Churikov, Pod Golitsye; e) Vagilevich Museum in the village of Yasen – route to the village Osmoloda and the mountains of Gorgan. Key words: Prigorganske Precarpathia; geotourism; geotourist routes; tourist infrastructure.