Abstract:

The paper identifies the factors of ethnic tourism development in Ukraine, particularly the complicated historical past, rich cultural heritage, presence of a diaspora of different ethnic groups in Ukraine, etc. The characteristic features of ethno-tourist regions of Ukraine have been found in the context of its historical-geographical and ethnographic zoning – Western, Bukovynian, Transcarpathian, Slobidsko-Naddnipryansky, Southern, Crimean ones. The ethno-tourist resources of Ukraine's regions – monuments of folklore, historical and ethnographic festivals, monuments of material culture, folk arts and crafts, monuments of folk architecture, archeological objects are characterized. A point assessment of ethno-tourist resources of Ukraine's regions has been made.