Recreational resources area combination of socio-cultural phenomena and various elements of the natural environment that can be used to organize resort and recreational activities. At present, it is customary to refer to them the animal world and vegetation of a certain region, its climate and relief, water bodies and cultural and historical monuments located on the territory, as well as economic potential.
Climate:
Climatic recreational resources arecharacteristics of the region's weather, allowing to organize various types of recreation. In this situation, the types of weather types can be divided into comfortable ones, where certain types of rest are allowed without any restrictions, and uncomfortable, in which recreation in the region is unfavorable. In subcomfortable climate, recreation in the region depends on the current weather conditions, for example, in the case of prolonged rainfall, a full beach rest is impossible.
Water resources:
Aquatic natural and recreational resources includeabsolutely all water bodies located in a certain area and suitable for safe recreation of the population. And unusable for swimming usually include heavily polluted lakes, streams and rivers, the water in which does not meet certain sanitary requirements.
For the assessment of water resources, suchcriteria such as water temperature and depth of the reservoir, pollution level and safety for bathing, features of the alloy conditions, as well as characteristics of the shore landscapes. As a rule, during the analysis of the banks of reservoirs, scientists identify grassy and marshy areas, cliffs and rocks, and beaches are usually divided into sand, boulder and pebble.
Forests:
Recreational resources of this type include alllocated in the region forests that are considered suitable for recreation, and for the convenience of tourists in this zone are built boarding houses and comfortable recreation centers. And in the number of unsuitable for tourism include only impenetrable thickets, located in a wetland. To assess this zone as a natural resource, the forest cover of the region is investigated - the percentage of forest area from its total area.
Balneological resources:
Typically, recreational resources includesources of unique mineral waters, as well as deposits of therapeutic mud of various origin and composition, including volcanic and sapropelic, peat and mud mud. When creating balneological resorts, mineralization of sources is investigated, certain chemical components are selected that are suitable for the treatment of a disease, and then sanatoriums are built.
Cultural and historical heritage:
Currently, recreational resources includeObjects that are interesting for cultural and educational tourism. These are spiritual and material objects located on the territory of towns and cities, which are among the monuments of the unique heritage of the past. As a rule, historical objects, interesting for excursion tourism, are subdivided into monuments of archeology and history, architecture and town-planning.
Among the monuments of archeology are mounds and ancient sites, remains of ancient fortifications and settlements, stone sculptures and burial places, ancient rock carvings.
When compiling routes for sightseeingtourism, architectural objects and unique monuments of town planning are selected, which include complexes of old buildings and unusual architectural ensembles, historical quarters and squares, old streets, objects of folk architecture and various religious buildings. Modern tourists are also interested in handicrafts and folklore attractions, aquariums and zoos, botanical gardens.
