STATE REGULATION AND SUPPORT OF TOURISM SERVICES IN THE RURAL REGIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

The objective of the article is to identify the problems of development of rural green tourism as an important direction of tourism activity in Ukraine and to substantiate their solution on the basis of state regulation and support. Methodology. In order to achieve an objective of the study, the general scientific and special methods were used: analysis and synthesis in the study of scientific principles of state regulation of services of rural green tourism; statistical analysis, comparison and generalization – in the study of the peculiarities of the organizational and economic mechanism of state regulation and support of rural green tourism services and the definition of modern aspects of the mechanisms of state regulation of rural green tourism; abstract-logical method – for synthesis and formulation of conclusions and proposals. Results. The article reveals the challenges and problems of the development of rural population and rural areas in Ukraine. A special role in their solution of tourism activities in the form of rural green tourism was determined. Therefore, a considerable attention is paid to its state regulation and support. They are carried out in the form of regulatory and legislative support, monitoring systems, pricing services, taxation, etc. Practical importance. The obtained results can be used in practice by the state authorities, local authorities and self-government bodies, public organizations. The conducted study, conclusions drawn on their result, are the basis for: a further in-depth scientific study of the theory of public administration, development of recommendations for the improvement of conceptual provisions and measures for the implementation of an effective mechanism of state regulation and support of rural green tourism services. The scientific novelty of the results is that the theoretical foundations and conceptual approaches to improving the mechanisms of state regulation and support of rural green tourism services in Ukraine are substantiated.