Young people joined the organization "Center for Social and Business Initiatives" (Yaremcha) with the participation of partner organizations that successfully implement the project "VeloKrayina" supported by the European Union under the Neighbourhood Programme "Romania - Ukraine." The project area includes the Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Transcarpathian region. Cells of the project are based in towns, well known among tourists - Yaremche, Vorokhta Yablunitsa, Mountain Plains, Coloma, Kosovo, and Rakhiv Vyzhnytsi.
Tourist sector in Ukraine in general and in particular developing Kosiv somehow lopsided - focuses only on the rich tourists.
All services, all developed infrastructure with an eye to the nouveau riche, "five-star" hotels and mansions, chic restaurants, a sky-high prices ... Where rest poor people, especially young people? This and more we will talk with Rostislav Martynyuk, deputy district council and one of the coordinators of the project "VeloKrayina" whose main goal - the creation of infrastructure for recreational bicycle trips in the mountains and popularize this method of relaxation among Ukrainian and foreign tourists.
- The modern tourist industry does not notice people who do not have large savings, and can not afford to rest the highest category - says Rostislav Teodoziyovych. - Usually, it is students, young families. A cycling - a democratic form of recreation. However, do not perceive a cyclist as needy. This mode of transport like people of all wealth, because it gives more opportunities for travel than the clumsy and fussy to pavement car. Now there are new models of bicycles, which can travel not only plain, but the steep slopes. Our mountain area and interesting because we have a lot of places, which is easier and can be reached only by bicycle.
- Tell our readers about the project "VeloKrayina."
- It provides the infrastructure for cyclists. It is about the development of routes of varying difficulty. They should indicate prepare appropriate cartographic material, GPS-tracks. All this should be done at the present European level. The project provides a network of homes. They will share in certain categories, including - and price policy:. In velosadybah be created appropriate conditions: a place where you can park your Rover, wash it, hide at night, there also must be a minimum set of tools to be able to repair the bike. Well, the price for such services must be democratic. To a student could, for example, meet at 60 USD. a day. But, once again emphasize, cycling admire not only the poor. In Ukraine, there are a lot of middle class, for example, residents of industrialized regions - Kiev, Lugansk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, who understand that their health care need.
Cyclists will allow them to work on his body, ventilate the lungs. Therefore, these people buy expensive bikes, put on the car and go velobahazhnyky rest in Crimea. It would expand the scope of their trips. Let come to the Carpathians, as we too can be a good time and see many interesting things.
Cycling beneficial for the tourism industry by the fact that it provides work in the offseason. As you know, the peak tourist season in the Carpathians account for the winter and summer. In spring and autumn tourist centers, the private sector are empty, their owners have no income and only spend money on maintenance costs and staff. These dead tourist seasons could revive by fans traveling by bike.
This year, our colleagues from Yaremche very strongly marketed itself and the flow of cyclists, those who like to rest in the Crimea, took to himself. Yaremchantsi already done a lot for the development of this in tourism. Now the experience they readily spread to Kosovo, Kolomyia, Verhovinsky, Rakhiv and Glyboksky areas.
To date, it has already set 50 velostoyanok: in Kosovo, apple, corners, Sheshory, Kobakah and old corners. Rozmischaly them at museums, shops, large hospitals, as well as at major facilities NNP "Huzulschyna" where is the gazebo, and bicyclists may they rest. By the way, we signed a memorandum of cooperation with the NNP "Huzulschyna." I think it would be beneficial for both parties.
- Implementation of any large-scale project is impossible without money. How much is planned to use Kosiv?
- The project, being implemented in our area of half a million USD. This means the EU, which will be invested in our infrastructure. In parking lots, developed seven Bicycle route. This is a great and laborious work. For three weeks in Kosovo volunteers from Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv Brovarov, which worked by volunteers from Kosovo: Roman Tytyk, student Kosiv school number 1, to Arsene and Yurko Luchuk, students of Geography "faculty of the University of Chernivtsi. They helped develop routes for all well-known local names, are targeted to the area.
First we had a great meeting. Invited her best geographers district, those who travel often and know well our land. This is Vladimir Lavruk, Roman M. Rudnik, Alexander M. Tytyk, Leo M. Sapriyanchuk, Victor P. Barchuk. Volunteers were told what the requirements are for tracks. Our geographers have provided the necessary information. Then they had to develop trails. First they traveled. Then were GPS-tracks, all recorded coordinates do description, labeling. Today marked for 5 tracks, the other two are also almost ready.
Equipped vacation spot near Villas of St. Nicholas, made there gazebo. Another is building a national park "Huzulschyna" at its new administrative building - a contribution to the project Kosiv. Why there? Because the area is practically no visit centers for tourists. Often they do not trust the information you find online. They want to get her on the spot: select house to live, learn about the attractions that we can see that we have museums, etc.. In the national parks "Huzulschyna" they will be able to find out.
Will also be held a competition among estates. Two of the best home finance EU. This will be true velosadyby of parking for bicycles, indoor terminal, where you can leave them overnight, it will be equipped velomyyku and workshop. Other estates that work within this project will be included in velomerezhu their year and a half free on the official website promotes "VeloKrayiny" as the house that can take cyclists.
- What routes will offer our area?
- One in Kosovo - overview. It includes stops near all the museums, attraction places. Is the cognitive route to the Spiritual Center "Zdvyzhyn" extreme - to Homynskyy and Sokilske on richkivskyy Bukovets. There are over Snidavku - Just for Brusturnyy, in a whisper, through Brustury, Prokurava Sheshori where returns to CBS. Another - overview, - goes to hydrogen sulphide sources on the mountain hill (Zinyakiv top), moving to Pistynsku hill from there - Kycheru, where a very good view of Kosovo. In the future, can develop almost 30 tracks.
We want to unite people interested in Messenger. This must be done for infrastructure - only a beginning, it must maintain: periodically pass routes, purge them, analyze blockages trees recover labeling. It should also develop new routes to publish maps. Therefore, the need of people who will do this.
- Cycling - rest for the poor. Maybe you should think about a hostel in our area (the so-called affordable hotels, like dormitories, with certain amenities. - Author.)?
- In fact cycling can encourage our people to think that you need not only expensive luxury homes, and those same hostel. For the construction and maintenance of affordable inns and estates required much less money. Their owners have income not due to high prices for accommodation and services, and with a large number of tourists. That is, can and should use a different approach: let them be little benefit, but will every day. On New Year filled with CBS expensive machines. But within a year we do not see them. For ordinary people, living normal lives and have a regular salary, not in a hurry to leave us, they are unable to pay expensive service offered by them.
It is encouraging that understanding of reality begins to come to many. The owners of estates of corner, old corner, Akreshory already volunteered to take cyclists, for other they simply do not. We will conduct workshops for those owners: tell what velosadyby they must be equipped with how to make cyclists that experience with our neighbors - Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Germans. This will refocus and develop tourism industry in the province.
I want to draw attention to important detail - cyclists usually do not create any problems for owners of camp sites and farms. In general, most tourists are very helpless, do not know where to go, what to do, all they need a guide. But cyclists are very independent people. In the morning they go on a journey and return in the evening so tired that they had not drunk for fun, let alone debauch. For more wow bike wash, something it pidkrutyty, repaired. I spoke with the owners of estates - they are very satisfied with these tenants. Thanks to the residents, home maintenance is minimal, which is also important. In addition, cyclists are very interesting people in communication. The owners of estates have told me that even using pictures that guests do while traveling, to advertise their farms and regions. And they are in very unexpected places.
- Tourism - a flow of funds to local piggy bank for vacationers spend money to bring with you. But it is also creating new jobs. Cyclists probably will need a bicycle repair shop and hire.
- Of course. In town, to the implementation of this project was a rental bike. Now them there for four. And there are seasonal: winter they produce rent skis in the summer - bicycles. An interesting detail - two-wheeled vehicles are for temporary use not only cyclists, but also ordinary vacationers. They walk the city and see all advertising Bicycle route. Understand that there are many beautiful and interesting places worth visiting. But how to get there? Not everyone came to own a car, rent a taxi expensive. Thus and come to believe that cheaper rent Rover and go to see it to the country Yushchenko toward Goverly or elsewhere.
However, there is a big problem, she pushes away tourists - a pile of garbage that we see around. Therefore, it should be emphasized that the project "VeloKrayina" tsuzhe pays much attention. It is held within the slow ecological direction. A monument tslya cyclists about how they should behave in the environment. This gives the result. Tourist cycling does not reserve the garbage, always cleans up after itself. That is, emerging subculture that promotes healthy lifestyles and culture of behavior in the environment.
- How do you become the coordinator of this project?
- Now I understand that no accident. Once walked in Golitsi, looking old trails that doctor Apollinariy Tarnawsky developed for their patients. Even then I thought there: they are so well made, if they are well cleaned, they can travel by bike. I was attracted to cycling, because it ecological way of rest, it does not affect the equilibrium in the natural environment, a healthy lifestyle, after all. When started this project, I discovered many interesting things. It turned out that in Kosovo there are several informal groups have long engaged in cycling. I want to thank you for your cooperation and support to all who help to implement our projects in Kosiv.
Because such a large and interested cooperation arose a serious plan. Our mountain Mikhalkov is only in winter. In the spring, summer and autumn it can be done stages Cup of Ukraine and even international competitions Downhill - downhill on mountain bikes. You do not need a lot of money. One thing to make sure - recycled elevator, so you can carry it Rover. This type of recreation is offering a "Bukovel". People drive off the mountain bike designed for high-speed descent. There are two lifts are equipped with holders for bicycles. They work on Saturday and Sunday.
Any direction tourism should be developed. We have no other choice. An acquaintance of mine says that we are sitting on oil and gold, have real wealth, but do not know how to use it, do not know or do not want it as it should apply. Cycling - a minimum of damage to nature, benefits for the budget and incentive for people to sit on the bikes.
The conversation led Alice Mudrytska.
Publication of the newspaper "Hutsul region»: http://gk.if.ua/2009/12/04/403/
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