The place of local government bodies in the system of public governance of tourist activity in the conditions of financial decentralization

Issue: № 7/1, 2021

Doi: https://doi.org/10.37634/efp.2021.7(1).1

The paper states the gradual revival of tourism, both in Ukraine and in the world. That is why we believe that tourism, especially in the western and southern regions of our country can become a significant driver of economic development of local communities. For the rapid and successful development of the tourism industry in Ukraine, it is necessary to find internal reserves to increase demand for domestic tourism products, increase ways to meet consumer demands for content, diversity and quality of tourism and recreation services. It is determined that the system of management of the tourism industry in the context of decentralization in Ukraine is disorganized, built on lobbying principles, consists of different in number and quality of officials, has insufficient funding and misuse of allocated funds. The importance of creating a decentralized management mechanism in the conditions of decentralization, which will be effective even with minimal funding of the tourism industry, different number of employees in this field and will ensure a high level of their professionalism. It is proposed to create tourist departments at the regional and local levels; training and retraining of specialists-managers, who in connection with the position will perform the assigned powers in the field of tourism. A separate area is the improvement or change of the law on tourism adopted in 1995, which does not fully meet modern realities and requires comprehensive changes that would meet the interests and modern needs of society. We believe that it is very important that tourism should be planned on a comprehensive basis, taking into account all aspects of legislation relating to other sectors that have a direct or indirect impact on it.

Keywords : tourism, management of tourist activity, public administration, reforming tourism activities, local governments, financial decentralization

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