What are recreational resources?

Recreational resources are a combination of socio-cultural phenomena and various elements of the natural environment that can be used to organize resort and recreational activities. At present, it is customary to include the animal world and vegetation of a certain region, its climate and relief, water bodies and cultural and historical monuments located on the territory, as well as economic potential.

Climate :

Climatic recreational resources are the characteristics of the region's weather, which allow organizing various types of recreation. In this situation, the types of weather types can be divided into comfortable ones, where certain types of rest are allowed without any restrictions, and uncomfortable, in which recreation in the region is unfavorable. In subcomfortable climate, recreation in the region depends on the current weather conditions, for example, in the case of prolonged rainfall, a full beach rest is impossible.

Water resources :

Water natural and recreational resources include absolutely all water bodies located in a certain area and suitable for safe recreation of the population. And to unusable for swimming usually include heavily polluted lakes, streams and rivers, the water in which does not meet certain sanitary requirements.

For the assessment of water resources, such criteria as water temperature and water depth, pollution level and bathing safety, features of the alloy conditions, as well as characteristics of the shore landscapes are used. As a rule, during the analysis of the banks of reservoirs, scientists identify herbaceous and waterlogged areas, cliffs and rocks, and the beaches are usually divided into sand, boulder and pebble.

Forests :

Recreational resources of this type include all forests located in the region, considered to be suitable for recreation of the population, and for the convenience of tourists in this zone, boarding houses and comfortable recreation centers are being built. And in the number of unsuitable for tourism include only impassable thickets, located in a wetland. To assess this zone as a natural resource, the forest cover of the region is investigated - the percentage of forest area from its total area.

Balneological resources :

As a rule, recreational resources include sources of unique mineral waters, as well as deposits of therapeutic mud of various origin and composition, including volcanic and sapropelic, peat and mud mud. When creating balneological resorts , mineralization of sources is investigated, certain chemical components are selected that are suitable for the treatment of a disease, and then sanatoriums are built.

Cultural and historical heritage :

Currently, recreational resources include objects that are interesting for cultural and educational tourism. These are spiritual and material objects located on the territory of towns and cities, which are among the monuments of the unique heritage of the past. As a rule, historical objects, interesting for excursion tourism, are subdivided into monuments of archeology and history, architecture and town-planning.

Among the monuments of archeology are burial mounds and ancient sites, remains of ancient fortifications and settlements, stone sculptures and burial places, the oldest rock carvings.

When compiling routes for excursion tourism, architectural objects and unique monuments of town planning are chosen, including complexes of ancient buildings and unusual architectural ensembles, historic quarters and squares, old streets, objects of folk architecture and various religious buildings. Contemporary tourists are also interested in handicrafts and folklore attractions, aquariums and zoos, botanical gardens.