Know the characteristics and trends of geography of international tourist flows; have sufficient knowledge of resources for tourism; be able to analyze the major tourist and recreational areas of the world and define their specialization; to use in the practice functions of tourism knowledge, to apply methodological tools of knowledge in the travel process.

Fundamentals of Tourism Studies, Recreation complexes of the world.

Tourism as a public phenomenon and an object of geographic research. Tourist and recreational macro regions and regions of the world. Geospatial structure of the tourist services market. Geography of ecological tourism. Geography of route types of tourism. Geography of resort tourism. Geography of Cultural and Cognitive Tourism. Geography of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. Geography of the event-leisure tourism.

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3. Масляк П.О. Рекреаційна географія. Навчальний посібник. / П.О. Масляк. – К.: Знання, 2008. – 343 с.
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- The current control (30%) are workshops, oral interviews and test;
- The final control (70%) exam