Globalization impact on the world travel market development

Abstract

The paper deals with the research of the theoretical and methodological bases of the world travel market functioning, taking into account the new trends influence on it and gives the characteristic of the forms of these trends. We provide the globalization processes dynamics assessment and their impact on the world travel market development. It enables the determination of the main features of Ukraine’s participation at the world travel market and results in the indication of the Ukrainian tourist product development prospects at it. We prove that the development of tourism, as one of the basic branches of national economy, is an important factor of the social development and cultural growth of Ukraine. Tourism is the source of foreign currency income in the state treasury and also the center of new jobs creation. The interest of foreign tourists in our history and culture will grow with the Ukraine tourism development, which will enable our country to preserve its cultural and historical heritage and to be successfully placed at the world travel market.

Keywords

• globalization
• tourist activity
• world travel market
• macroregions
• integration
• global trends