Exclusive tourism in the European region and its information support

doi:10.26565/2076-1333-2016-21-09

Yulia Prasul V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Olena Dumanova V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2076-1333-2016-21-09

Keywords: exclusive tourism, information, web service ArcGIS Online, a web map applications Story maps, website.

Abstract

In this article appearance of the new tourist direction – exclusive tourism (which is in a status of the active development now) has been considered. But at present this tourist direction is not study yet. The main objective of the research of exclusive tourism is the territorial and object analysis of opportunities of its development in the European region, and a status of its information support as well.

In the article it is covered use of the modern form of the organization of cartographical information on the basis of ArcGIS Online web services. Types of the web applications Story maps were analyzed, and on the basis of it those which are the most suitable for creation of tourist web maps of exclusive resources of the region ofEuropeare chosen. As practical implementation of the research, web maps of exclusive tourist resources, objects and means of placement were created and published.

At the end of the article the results are summed up: the web maps created with use of the software of ArcGIS Online represent result of the research of exclusive tourist resources of the European region; further web maps will serve as cartographical content on the website which will be devoted to exclusive tourism of Europe; the website will fully allow to label necessary information on this tourist destination and it will be useful both to the representatives of the tourist organizations, and the tourists themselves.

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Author Biographies

Yulia Prasul, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

PhD (Geography), Associate Professor, Department of Physical Geography and Cartography

Olena Dumanova, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Student, Department of Physical Geography and Cartography

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