Recreational household in Galychyna at the second part of XIX - the first third of XX centuries

Abstract

Tourism beginnings in Galychyna goes back to the XIX century, by the way it has reached its mass character due to low service sphere level, unsatisfied state of roads, low culture level of attendant staff. However, despite of these disadvantages, tourism and recreation in Galychyna still have been developing. This fact reveals from the great amount of various advertising and informational materials, which have been published at the end of XIX - the first third of XX centuries. The recreation, tourism and rest have become the important profit source of Galychyna's inhabitants. This region has received proper attitude from the state as well as from the real nature amateurs and ethnographical pecularities. Galychyna was rich on piny and fir forests, mineral water and fresh air. All these conditions attracted wishful people to have some healthy rest in spring and summer time. In accordance with this fact from the middle of XIX century a lot of people have been arriving from all Europe to this part of the country. Mainly, such places were concentrated in Beskydy and Hutsulshyna's mountains. Later some ingenious enterprisers and extortioners built hospitals and small houses of sanatorium type and delivered them for some payment at the territory with mineral water.

Keywords

• туризм
• санаторно-курортне лікування
• мінеральні води
• Галичина