GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites Year XI, vol. 23, no. 3, 2018, p.808-823 ISSN 2065-0817, E-ISSN 2065-1198 DOI 10.30892/gtg.23316-330 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE REGION AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES IN TOURISM AND EXCURSION ACTIVITIES (CASE OF CHERNIVTSI REGION, UKRAINE) Volodymyr KROOL Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Physical Geography, Geomorphology and Paleogeography, 2 Kotsyubynsky Str. Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine, e-mail:
[email protected] Anatolii VDOVICHEN Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics of KNUTE, Department of Management and Tourism, 7 Tsentralna Square, Chernivtsi 58002, Ukraine, e-mail:
[email protected] Roman HYSHCHUK* Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics of KNUTE, Department of Management and Tourism, 7 Tsentralna Square, Chernivtsi 58002, Ukraine, e-mail:
[email protected] Citation: Krool, V., Vdovichen, A., & Hyshchuk, R. (2018). HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE REGION AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES IN TOURISM AND EXCURSION ACTIVITIES (CASE OF CHERNIVTSI REGION, UKRAINE). GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 23(3), 808–823. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.23316-330 Abstract: Chernivtsi region in Ukraine is a unique territory where the historical and cultural heritage of different time periods is represented: from Old Russian, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian to Romanian and Ukrainian. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive assessment of the historical and cultural heritage of the Chernivtsi region for a more intensive further involvement in the tourism industry in the Carpathian region, together with neighboring EU countries: Romania, Slovakia, Poland. For this purpose, different status, state of preservation and spatial differences were taken into account together with the resources support throughout the territory under study.