Tourism development in the countries of the Western Black Sea Coast (Romania аnd Bulgaria) and their cooperation with Ukraine

Abstract

The relevance of the work lies in the integration processes of Ukraine and the Western Black Sea states of Bulgaria and Romania, the current state and trends in the development of international tourism activities of these countries. The subject of research in the article is the development of tourism in the countries of the Western Black Sea region. The goal is to study the cooperation of Ukraine with the countries of the Western Black Sea region in the field of tourism. Task: research of types of tourism and recreational and tourist resources, tourist infrastructure and activities of Romania and Bulgaria and their cooperation with Ukraine. General scientific methods are used: factor analysis to formalize the cause-and-effect relationships of the studied factors of the influence of tourist resources on the development of types of tourism, system analysis to determine the development of tourist infrastructure and activities. The article examines the types of tourism and recreational and tourist resources of Romania and Bulgaria, on the basis of which they develop. The countries have significant natural, natural-anthropogenic, cultural-historical resources, which contribute to the development of recreational and health bathing and beach, cultural and educational, medical and health balneological, skiing, ecological, adventure and extreme tourism. The paper analyzed the development of tourist infrastructure and tourist activities of the countries. The hotel and restaurant industry of both countries was analyzed. It is quite developed, especially in Bulgaria. Next, tourist activity, tourist flows, and income from tourism are analyzed. The cooperation of Ukraine with the countries of the Western Black Sea region is highlighted. The following results were obtained: based on the analysis of the development of tourism in the countries of the Western Black Sea region, the conditions for Ukraine's cooperation with them were identified. Conclusions: Ukraine and the countries of the Western Black Sea region have all the conditions for international cooperation in the field of tourism.