ИСТИНА

Transitions and differences between recreational and tourist geography are traced. Recreational geography is more likely focused on stationary rest in a sanatorium, a resort, or a summer residence. Tourism geography is more interested in mobile types of recreation. These relationships are very flexible and overlapping. Tourism geography is defined as the science of the axiological and educational and health-improving resources of the geographic environment. If in nature management the focus is on the human impact on the geographic environment, the focus of humanitarian geography (human geography / anthropogeography) is on the impact of the geographic environment on a person, then in tourist geography the center is shifted to human perception of the geographic environment. The special strength of the science of tourism lies in its journalism. Attention is drawn to the deep initial closeness of geography and art. With tourism, the landscape paradigm acquires aesthetic and health-improving value. Tourism geography gives a new breath to regional and local studies. Tourism increases the importance of the geographical factor in the life of society and integrates landscape science with human geography. Tourism has already played a significant role in the dedifferentiation of a wide range of geographic, service, educational and health-related industries.