GEO-ECOLOGIZATION OF TOURISM AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM REGIONS

The article considers the geoecologization (knowledge, comprehension of geoecology as a science) of tourism as a factor in the sustainable development of the tourist region. The definitions of the concept of "geoecology" are compared. Approaches to the allocation of the object and subject of geoecology are proposed. The object of geoecology research is the environment - an interacting set of natural and technogenic substances, bodies, conditions, factors that directly or indirectly influence the development of tourism. As the subject of geoecology research, geoecological processes are considered (changes in the health and vital functions of people, changes in the state of plant and animal organisms under direct or indirect environmental influences). The definition of the concept of geoecological tourism is formulated. The goal, objectives of geoecological tourism and the forms of their implementation are determined. The prospects for the development of geoecological tourism through the harmonization of norms and requirements of geoecological policy and geoecological education are outlined.