Resource Factors of Health Tourism Development in Volyn Region

Abstract

The market of health tourism is actively developing in Ukraine and the world. Its infrastructure is expanding, new technologies and methods of disease prevention and treatment are emerging, and a healthy lifestyle is becoming popular. The article considers the main resource factors for the development of health tourism in the Volyn region, which include climatic, as well as the presence of mineral water sources and deposits of therapeutic mud. The analysis of the sanatorium-resort infrastructure, which is the basis of the development of this type of tourism, has been carried out. The connection between the development of health tourism and the existing natural and infrastructural prerequisites have been established. The directions of the development intensification of medical and health tourism in the region have been substantiated.