Tourist and recreational use of the rivers in Minsk region: profiling types and limiting factors

  • Natali S. Shevtsova Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Oksana N. Gordeychuk Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

On the basis of the methodology of the complex tourist and recreational evaluation of natural potential, mathematical statistics methods and mapping methods using GIS technology of MapInfo the natural potential of the 29 rivers of Minsk region is assessed. The results of a complex assessment of the tourist and recreational natural potential of rivers in Minsk region have shown that from 74 areas located on 29 rivers amateur hunting and recreational fishing stable dominate among other profiling types of recreational activities. There are favorable conditions for realization of rowing by boats on 18 areas, and for driving on yachts on 4 areas. Natural potential of rivers for swimming and snorkeling is very limited. River areas which have opportunities for water skiing arenʼt revealed. Typification of 74 river areas of the Minsk region on 3 types of tourist and recreational use has shown that maximum share of this areas is used by limited multifunctional type – 93.2 %, on the second place – by multifunctional type – 4.1 %, and on the third place – by monofunctional type – 2.7 %. In addition, there are no river areas in Minsk region which arenʼt used for water tourism and rest, demonstrating effective use of tourist and recreational natural potential.

Author Biographies

Natali S. Shevtsova, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (geography), docent; associate professor at the inter-departmental center – UNESKO department in
natural science education

Oksana N. Gordeychuk, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

graduate student at the department of economic geography of foreign countries, faculty of geography

References

  1. Pirozhnik I. I. [Resort-recreational resources of Belarus and problems of their rational use]. Geograficheskie problemy prirodopol’zovaniya v usloviyakh antropogennoi deyatel’nosti. Minsk, 1996. P. 64 –72 (in Russ.).
  2. Vedenin Y. A., Miroshnichenko N. N. [Estimation of natural conditions for the organization of leisure]. Izv. AN SSSR. Ser. Geogr. 1969. No. 4. P. 51– 60 (in Russ.).
  3. Mironenko N. S., Tverdokhlebov I. T. [Recreational geography]. Moscow, 1981 (in Russ.).
  4. Sharygin M. D. [Natural-resource potential and its evaluation]. In: Sharygin M. D., Fominykh S. B., Zyryanov A. I., et al. Ekologo-ekonomicheskie raiony. Perm, 1995. P. 108 –118 (in Russ.).
  5. Hudenkikh Y. A. [Approaches to the assessment of the tourist potential of the territory by the example of the Perm region]. Geogr. i turizm : sb. nauchn. trudov. Perm, 2006. Issue 2. P. 217–230 (in Russ.).
  6. Chub M. A. [Natural and recreational resources of the Amur Region and their use]. Blagoveshchensk, 2010 (in Russ.).
  7. Sarancha M. A. [Potential and organization of the development of cultural tourism in the Republic of Udmurtia]. Izhevsk, 2011 (in Russ.).
  8. Shevtsova N. S. [The structure of the model of comprehensive tourist and recreational evaluation of natural potential of the rivers]. Regional’naya fizicheskaya geografiya v novom stoletii : sb. deponirovan v GU «BelISA» 06.09.11, No. D201139. Minsk, 2011. Issue 5. P. 283–290 (in Russ.).
  9. Shevtsova N. S. The Quantitative and Qualitative Criteria of recreational fitness of lakes as a basis for spatial and functional zoning of water surfoices. Nat. Res. 1998. No. 2. P. 34 – 46 (in Russ.).
  10. Shevtsova N. S., Jurgenson N. A., Marcinkewich G. I., et al. [Evaluation of recreational natural resource potential of the rivers in Grodno region]. Nat. Res. 2010. No. 2. P. 96 –105 (in Russ.).
  11. Shevtsova N. S., Marcinkewicz G. I., Drozdova Y. V., et al. [The tourist and recreational potential of the middle and small rivers in Vitebsk region]. Nat. Res. 2013. No. 2. P. 42–51 (in Russ.).
  12. Shevtsova N. S., Marcinkewicz G. I., Drozdova Y. V., et al. [The functional tourist-recreational zoning of medium and small rivers in Brest region]. Nat. Res. 2015. No. 2. P. 107–116 (in Russ.).
  13. Shul’ga C. K., Shevtsova N. S. [Problems and prospects of tourist-recreational use of rivers in Mogilev region]. Vestsi BDPU. Ser. 3, Fizika. Matjematyka. Infarmatyka. Bijalogija. Geagrafija. 2015. No. 3. P. 42– 47 (in Russ.).
  14. Shevtsova N. S., Yurevich S. E., Gordeychuk O. N. [Tourist and recreational natural potential of the rivers in Minsk region]. Turizm i regionalnoye razvitiye : materialy IX Mezhdunar. nauchn.-prakt. konf. (Smolensk, 1 Dec., 2016). Smolensk, 2016. P. 123–130 (in Russ.).
Published
2017-10-24
Keywords: tourist and recreational natural potential, river areas, tourism and recreation complex assessment, types of tourist-recreational use, targets and standards, profiling types, multifunctional, limited-multifunctional, monofunctional and unsuitable types of tourist and recreational use
How to Cite
Shevtsova, N. S., & Gordeychuk, O. N. (2017). Tourist and recreational use of the rivers in Minsk region: profiling types and limiting factors. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 52-62. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/geography/article/view/981