Modern construction and reconditioning of the highways in Lviv district as the main factor of tourism development

Abstract

In the process of overcoming the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and in the whole world, we should expect streaming tourists flow retrieval and for some time more prioritised will be domestic tourism. It will greatly contribute acceleration of tourism restoration and improvement of tourist’s condition and concomitant infrastructure, including highways. This article develops researches about influence of transport infrastructure on tourism development in Ukraine. The subject of a research is Lviv district. It is one of the most attractive districts in Ukraine. The purpose of research is to analyse modern construction and reconditioning of the highways in Lviv district in context of promising development of tourism in the region. The basis of information for article was statistical materials, «Ukravtodor» data and literary sources. Method of literature, statistical and cartographic analysis was used. From the beginning of 2015, it was found that the amount of construction and reconditioning of the highways for period from 2015 to 2020 has been increased, in general, 685 km of highways were repaired. Because of that transport accessibility to some famous tourists places and resorts such as: Zolochyv, Nemyriv, Skole, Slavsk, Truskavets etc. significantly had been increased. Same improvement we may observe for transport joining Lviv district with others districts of Ukraine such as Zakarpattya (Uzgorod, Mukacheve, mountain and plain resorts), Ivano-Frankivsk (Bukovel resort, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rogatyn, Yaremche), Ternopil district (regional centre), also there is improvement of highways conditions near the board of Republic of Poland. The finances for reconstructions emerged after governments experiment in 2015 of financing transport infrastructure from unscheduled customer revenues, state program «The great reconstruction» in 2020 as well as the credit of Republic of Poland for repair if boarder roads. The main task in 2021 is to start construct northern bypass way around Lviv. All those measures must significantly accelerate first of all domestic tourism in Western Ukraine.

Keywords

• tourism, resorts, highways reconstruction, region, transport infrastructure, financing, accessibility