This chapter argues that contested fluctuations in Ukraine's geopolitical trajectory coupled to processes of decolonisation, denationalisation and decentralization of governance have particularly affected the critical path of tourism development. Within this context, the chapter examines the macro-parameters of tourism development and conducts an empirical enquiry into the current state of tourism in Ukraine.

This article examines the transformation of the labor market under the influence of informatization of society. It is noted that in the conditions of globalization and informatization of the nowadays a post-industrial society has been formed, in which information is a determining factor of production. New opportunities and challenges of the labor market in the conditions of information society development are analyzed. The informatization of society changes the conditions, nature and forms of work. Extensive digitalization, the use of cloud technologies and artificial intelligence systems are displacing traditional forms of employment towards teleworking, which makes workers more mobile and able to optimize working hours. It is established that the spread of technology increases the efficiency of the recruitment and searching job processes. Informatization of society contributes to the creation of a digital labor market, which forms the demand and supply of information and computer technology workers. In the context of informatization of society, the labor market is characterized by an imbalance between supply and demand of labor due to structural changes in the economy. Among the challenges of the labor market are rising unemployment in the raw materials industries, robotics and automation of routine manual labor. The digitalization of the economy leads to the need to adjust government regulation of business and provide social guarantees for employees. It is noted that the informatization of society provides more benefits to the labor market than obstacles. Solving the problems it raises, promotes progress and economic development.

Every year river cruises are becoming more common, as river corridors have strong potential for recreation and tourism: architectural, historical and natural attractions are concentrated on their banks and in the port cities. Nevertheless major rivers have a huge resource and recreational potential as compared to small and medium-sized rivers, their tourist-recreational "luggage" is remarkably more modest. At the same time historical and national patriotic significance of small rivers sometimes is not inferior to the potential of major rivers. It's worth noting that it is the medium and small rivers that often bears a recreational load that overpasses similar load on the major rivers. Materials of the article, based on the field researches and processing of an array of relevant publications and monographs, are dedicated to the systematization of ideas about the natural, architectural, historical and cultural resources of the Ukrainian part of the river Desna (Kyiv and Chernihiv region) -the largest left tributary of the river Dnipro. It's suggested structural logical model of the hierarchy of fundamental world recreational and tourist resources, where banks of rivers, lakes and artificial lakes occupy the third of six levels. We systematized the ideas about the natural, architectural and historical sites that are visible from the board of the ship passing along the river Desna route and it was explained the sequence of its passage. Quantitative and qualitative indicators and characteristics of the tourist tour route on the Desna river is the basis for the comprehensive assessment of recreational and tourist potential of the Desnianskii recreational corridor, appropriate managerial decisions in through the lens of economic and ecological policies and regional (local) planning and design. River cruises and guided tours on the major and medium rivers of Ukraine, with its language, food and leisure particular characteristics, come to be certain alternative to the traditional Ukrainian tourist's voyages to Egypt, Turkey, the Mediterranean Europe or Thailand.Keywords: river cruises, Desnianskiy recreational route, historical, cultural and natural recreation and tourism resources. GLOBALIZATION: THE GEOGRAPHICAL NEXUSGeography as both a discipline and wide discourse explicitly aims to conceive the Earth as a whole. Human geography contributed a lot to the critical study of globalization. However, the academic inquiry suggests the lack of conceptualization, which can serve as a readable scholarly framework, teaching and learning in particular. This article scopes the weave of terms related to globalization and geography based on the Dictionary of Human Geography. Acknowledging the reservations of the Dictionary of Human Geography itself and understanding the limitations of the survey based on yet one dictionary this article ponders on the foundations, which can framework the geographical approach to globalization. Focus on detecting the key concepts mentioned in the topical article, clarifying their interpretation and ...

Features of rural tourism are considered within the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism development. Possibilities of assessing the degree of implementation of aspects of sustainability at the level of the tourism process participants are highlighted. The monitoring of the state of achievement of the goals of sustainable tourism development is platformed by the survey of owners of rural hospitable estates in Ukraine – members of the NGO “Union for Promotion of Rural Green Tourism Development in Ukraine”, providing for the initial assessment of the implementation of aspects of sustainable development in the field of rural tourism in Ukraine. The latter allowed us to identify the main sociodemographic indicators of the owners of rural hospitable estates in Ukraine and their farmsteads. The analysis of the level of estate owners’ acknowledgment of the concept and goals of sustainable development, the study of the nature of the use of hired labor by the owners of rural hospitable estates, the level of implementation of aspects of environmental friendliness and responsible consumption serve to reveal the state, opportunities, and prospects of cooperation of rural hospitable estates with other participants of the tourist process. It was found that the owners of estates not only have a common understanding of the concept of sustainability and its relevance but also actively endeavor to implement certain aspects of sustainability in the provision of rural tourism services. Highlighted criteria for sustainability of rural hospitality services – economic (profitability, demand, stable tourist flows, expansion of activities, etc.), sociocultural (cooperation and partnership, cluster interaction, preservation of local traditions, opportunities for learning and personal development, etc.) and environmental (waste management, responsible consumption of resources, etc.). The current needs and mechanisms of further acquaintance of the owners of rural hospitable estates with the issues of sustainable development are determined. Identified ways to ensure more sustainable activities for the provision of rural tourism services at different levels – the level of rural hospitable estate, community level and state level as elements of a complex, continuous and multifaceted process.

Responding to the global concern on sustainable development, the consistency of localized and global/regional practices impacts the public and civil, economic, social and cultural domains. Challenges of coherent and efficient monitoring system mark the Ukraine’s path and leave space for improvement. The scrutiny of academic and institutional efforts in monitoring the sustainable development, sustainable development goals implementation reveals shortcomings and pitfalls in metadata provision, tools for data collection and processing, congruence of understanding and interpreting the concepts. The outcomes serve to substantiation of the research and educational objectives for examination of the indicator analysis design for better policy- and decision-making, public awareness, spatial patterns representation.