Tourism as a promising direction of the development of the Komarno urban community in the Lviv Region

The article presents the theoretical foundations for studying the tourism potential of the Komarno urban community. It has been established that this issue has not been sufficiently covered in foreign and domestic literature. The types of preserved objects within the studied community have been identified. The existing objects of historical and cultural heritage of the Komarno community (in particular, archaeological, historical, architectural, natural, and sacred) are characterized as promising for the development of tourism in the community, and a map of their location has been developed. After processing a significant number of sources, as well as conducting field studies, it has been established that the largest number of tourist sites is concentrated in the city of Komarno, but nearby villages also have attractions of interest in the context of tourism development. It was found that in most villages of the community, sacred objects predominate, in particular, churches. Based on the discovered data on attractions, two tourist routes were developed, focused on objects of historical and cultural heritage, and a corresponding map was created. It has been found that the Komarno urban community has a number of advantages for developing its tourism potential: a relatively large number of historical sites and museums, a favorable geographical position, proper environmental conditions, diverse natural tourism resources, preserved sacred sites (in particular, wooden churches), a palace complex, and the presence of cultural heritage sites of national minorities (for example, Polish heritage). However, there are also problems hindering the development of tourism potential: insufficient attention from the authorities to tourism development in the community, the community’s website does not highlight the tourism potential, the proper condition of monuments is maintained mainly by the local population, the poor condition of some sites, non-implementation of tourist routes (despite the fact that some have been developed), insufficient development of infrastructure, and lack of tourist information support. We believe that the rich historical and cultural heritage of the community, effectively popularized and included in the proposed tourist routes, will contribute to a partial solution to these problems, particularly the insufficient development of infrastructure.