O. Lyubchuk. The problem of establishing Mariupol as a tourist center: monitoring tourist needs of young people.

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of development of tourist services of the city of Mariupol on the basis of world tendencies. The current state and perspective directions of formation of the city as a tourist center on the basis of available historical-architectural and cultural resources of the city are analyzed. It is determined that youth tourism contributes to distraction from everyday problems, promotes emotional disorientation, reduces fatigue, organizes leisure according to inquiries, expands the outlook, and acquires new contacts. The feature of youth tourism in Ukraine is a manifestation of high activity in the implementation of domestic and foreign tourism in the teenage period, which is caused by joint tours with or without parents, but at the expense of their financing; Decrease of activity during the period of school termination and admission to higher educational establishments.  To do this, a diagnostic toolkit was created. The questionnaire "Memoirs of Mariupol" and the method "Tourist needs and ways of their achievement" have been developed. This technique is developed on the basis of the methodology of Rokicha "Value Orienteering". It allows to determine the levels of formation of "spiritual", recreational, social needs, hobbies and needs of expression in young people. The level of awareness of young people in Mariupol about the presence of tourist facilities in the city was revealed. Among the tourist needs of young people are identified social needs and needs for self-expression. The most popular among young people in the city of Mariupol are cognitive needs, recreational needs, shopping needs and event needs.