TOURIST RESOURCES AND TOURIST POTENTIAL OF MINDORO ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES

The article is devoted to the study of the tourism potential of Mindoro Island in the Philippines. The total area of Mindoro Island, which is in the Luzon islands group, is 10571.8 km2 and the total population of the island is 1,4 million. Mindoro, the seventh largest island in the Philippines, is a mountainous and rugged island. The Mindoro Island, situated in the triangle formed by Luzon, Palawan and Panay islands, is one of the most visited and most popular tourism centers of the Philippines. In this study, the geographical location, natural and human geographical features of the island of Mindoro, as well as the tourist attractions and tourism advantages are briefly discussed. The main purpose of the study is to acquaint a wide range of readers with tourism resources, tourism potential, natural and cultural tourist attractions of Mindoro Island and offer new options for recreation for curious tourists. The paper provides a multivariate analysis of tourism on the island by discussing the tourism advantages and disadvantages of Mindoro Island. As a result of the study, the authors have prepared a useful tourist guide for foreign tourists who will visit the island. It was revealed that Mindoro Island is not as big as Luzon, it is not as crowded as Mindanao, it does not have as many luxurious tourist spots as Boracay, and it cannot be said that it is a famou s tourist destination like Palawan Island. However, this tropical island attracts thousands of holidaymakers from all over the world every year due to its unique natural beauty and breathtaking tourist attractions. Mindoro Island can offer an alternati ve travel option, an exciting travel itinerary and an interesting travel destination for every curious tourist 365 days a year

PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPING WINTER TOURISM IN THE KARKARALY MOUNTAINS, KAZAKHSTAN

The paper considers the prospects for developing winter tourism in the Karkaraly mountains on the basis of the identification of the tourist destination potential, the search for management approaches and social and economic measures to stimulate it. The relevance of the paper is to reduce the seasonality factor through the winter tourism development in the geosystems of the Karkaraly mountains. The purpose of the article is to identify the tourism potential and promising areas for the winter tourism development. The research results can be used to implement standard recommendations for effective planning in the recreation and tourism industry, including winter tourism at the regional level and the analysis of its contribution to economic development in the short-, medium- and long term. Research methods include field, descriptive and cartographic methods. Conclusions are made about the prospects for the winter tourism in the territory of the Karkaraly mountains. Based on the stock materials, the winter route was identified, as a result of which a map of the three-day route was developed

MARINDUK ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE POSITION OF GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM

The Marinduque Island, which is a part of the Marinduque province, is a small but densely populated island within the Luzon Islands Group. The island surrounded by the water of the Sibuan Sea, the island has an area of 959 square kilometers and a population of 245 000 people. Flat plains, low coasts, low slope plains, mangrove forests and hilly lands constitute the most important natural elements of the Marinduque Island. There are many bays, beaches, atoll, cliffs, capes, coral and mangrove forests on the coast of the island. In this study, the geographical location of the Marinduque Island and its general geographical features have been explicated, and the main tourism elements of the island have been briefly discussed. We have tried to examine the main physical and human characteristics of the island by identifying its tourism potential. Furthermore, the main accommodation facilities, beaches and hotels located on the east and west coasts of the island have been identified. The main purpose of this study is to introduce the tourism potential and natural beauties of this Philippine island, which is not well-known among the foreign tourists and to offer new holiday options for the inquisitive tourists

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MODERN DELTA OF THE URAL (ZHAYIK) RIVER

Varied tourist values of places increase the possibility of practicing various forms of tourism. This study presents a landscape and ecological analysis of the Ural delta, taking into account its potential for tourism development. The delta of the described river is an important natural value due to its tourist values. It can be classified in the geosites category as a valuable asset affecting the tourist potential of the region. This scientific article discusses the methodology of landscape-ecological analysis of the delta areas in consideration of anthropogenic transformation of natural environmental components. We identified the main factors of anthropogenic transformation of the soil and vegetative cover. By employing geographic information technologies (software support and satellite data), up-to-date soil and vegetation maps of the Ural delta were created. With the help of estimated geo-ecological figures, we produced a map displaying anthropogenic disturbance of landscapes. The obtained results can be applied in territorial planning and ecological-geographical studies for construction of large economic objects

Considerations Regarding the Research for the Conservation of Heritage Textiles in Romania

Textiles are valuable elements that make up Romania’s cultural heritage, being unique through the production techniques, materials used and their significance for the Romanian population. Heritage textiles represent bridges between past and present, kept in collections from different types of buildings. Many of them are preserved and exposed in heritage buildings that are open for public viewing and do not benefit from internal microclimate monitoring systems. These things can have serious repercussions on the integrity and conservation status of these fragile materials. The chapter proposes to analyze the approaches used in different studies to evaluate the risks to which the historical textile collections from Romania are exposed, depending on the place and the way in which they are kept. All these approaches aim to determine the degree of conservation of the materials and their implications on the health of the people with whom they come into contact. Based on the methodology applied in the studies already published, examined in the first part of the chapter, in the second part, a case study was performed on a different sample of historical textiles from Romania. This comes to complete the sphere of knowledge in the field

ASSESSMENT OF THE RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE BITTER - SALTY SULFIDE LAKES OF THE NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL AND BALNEOLOGICAL TOURISM

To consider the resource potential of bitter-salty sulfide lakes for the development of ecological and balneological tourism in the territory of the North Kazakhstan region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Field studies, a sociological survey were conducted, methods of statistical and mathematical processing were used. The cartographic method made it possible to visualize the studied material. Bitter-salty lakes contain sulfide mud, which is a unique natural resource. Mud can be used in combination with salt water to create the foundations of ecological and health tourism in the North Kazakhstan region. Research has revealed the most promising lakes of the region. The analysis of the obtained field research data and cartographic material made it possible to assess the resource potential of the lakes. These data were confirmed by the results of a sociological survey, which confirms the possibility of developing the tourism industry on the basis of unique local bitt ersalty lakes. The cartographic material created in the course of the study visually demonstrates the prospects and possible problems of the development of the health tourism industry in the territory of the studied region. The resources of bitter-salty sulfide lakes have sufficient potential for the development of tourism in the North Kazakhstan region. The bitter-salty lakes of the North Kazakhstan region selected on the basis of a comprehensive score have criteria confirming their resource potential. This assessment shows the possibility of developing health and ecological tourism in the region. The border position of the region makes it possible to develop not only internal, but also external tourism

Geographical aspects of development of regional center Aktobe

This article considers the social and economic situation of the Aktobe region as well as discusses the prospect of industrialization growth. The paper presents a SWOT-analysis that determines strengths and weaknesses of the development of the Aktobe agglomeration. The results can be used by school teachers in teaching a special course in local history, in the activities of architecture department, in the akimat for planning the economic development of the city. In the course of the study, a differentiated assessment of social and economic factors of the Aktobe city was provided

Problems and prospects of development of tourism infrastructure in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Analyzed the state of tourism infrastructure in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Displaying poor development of the basic elements of tourism infrastructure: transport, accommodation, catering, training. Thеre were formulated the ways of solving the existing problems of development of tourism infrastructure, particularly in the information and organizational support

Electric Current Generation in the System Polyelectrolyte Gel of V2O5 – Solution

Extending the list of the physical and chemical processes applicable for making electric current accumulators allows expanding the sources of raw material for the production of this category of goods. Vanadium is a promising alternative to lithium. In this paper, we describe the generation of an electric current in the dissolution of gels based on vanadium (V) oxide. It was shown that an electrochemical cell having the properties of a battery of electric energy can be produced by using decavanadic acid gel and hydroxide solution. In particular, it was theoretically established that a sample of a gel that passed into a collapsed state under the influence of a constant electric current has an ability to generate an electric current in a closed galvanic circuit after an external current source was disconnected. The gel was grown from an aqueous solution of vanadium (V) oxide. The dependence of the amperage in the external circuit on time is shown, the starting value of the discharge current J0 is indicated. During the experiments, the generation of current was also studied by placing the gel sample into the solutions of other substances, as well as into the distilled water. It was found that in acid solutions and pure water, the efficiency of the current generation is very low (the current values obtained do not exceed the sensitivity limit of the microammeter). The generation of current becomes effective only by placing the gel in an alkali solution