ISSN 2617-2909 (print) ISSN 2617-2119 (online) Journal of Geology, Geography and Geoecology Journ.Geol.Geograph. Geoecology, Journal home page: geology-dnu-dp.ua 28(1), 29-38 doi:10.15421/111904 O.B. Chernega, G.O. Gorina, O.M. Romanukha, G.A. Bohatyryova, K.V. Nikolenko Journ.Geol.Geograph.Geoecology, 28(1), 29-38 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Comparative analysis of the regional markets of cultural and cognitive tourism development in Ukraine O.B. Chernega, G.O. Gorina, O.M. Romanukha, G.A. Bohatyryova, K.V. Nikolenko Donetsk national university of economics and trade named after Mykhailo Tugan-Baranovsky, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract. The purpose of the article is an implementation of the comparative analyses of Received 21.11.2018; development of regional markets of cultural and cognitive tourism in Ukraine. The Received in revised form 14.01.2019; theoretical and methodological basis of research is the ideas of the theoryof tourism, Accepted 28.01.2019 theory of management, works of the leading native and foreign scholars regarding the development of the touristic services market. To achieve the desired goal, the following research methods were used: the system and complex analyses (for determination of the development tendencies of the regional markets of the cultural and cognitive tourism in Ukraine); calculation-analytical and comparative methods (for determination