Strategic innovation planning as a factor of tourism development in Ukraine

Abstract

The article describes a integrated approach to the process of strategic innovation planning as a formation that enables national economy to take a strategic approach to innovation. This paper shows the priority of tourism industry development in Ukraine in general, as well as innovative types of tourism, such as: geotourism, in particular. Indicates the necessity of strengthening government role in the field of tourism, primarily through forming of development strategy of some types of tourism. Development strategies project of geotourism in Ukraine is proposed, which provides three strategic ways of development: geotourism, geo education and geoconservation. Each of them includes a list of priorities through the implementation of specific measures.