Lviv – cultural and tourist center of Ukraine

1. The city of Lviv was founded in 13^th century by king Danylo Halytsky. Many foreign architecturers participated in constructing the city, that’s why it’s very similar to many cities in western Europe and it makes it interesting to foreign tourists.

2. Lviv has many places of interesting to tourists, for example: High Castle, many churches and cathedrals, Rynok square, Lychakiv cemetery and others. Shevchenskivsky Grove keeps and shows the dwelling and style of life of Ukrainians form different regions of previous centuries.

3. Lviv also has rich cultural life. It’s concentrated in Zankovetsky theatre, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lviv phylarmony.

4. All this makes Lviv truly cultural and tourist center of Ukraine.

The development of touriSt industry in lviv region

1. Lviv region has very favourable conditions for the development of tourist industry. Lviv region is ecologically clear and is not touched by Chornobyl catastrophy. It’s close to the western border of Ukraine.

2. Lviv city has great historical and cultural value. (далі №13, 14)

3. Carpathian mountains have great tourist potential. In winter skiing resorts work: Bukovel, Slavske; in the historical village of Tuhlya an aquapark is being built. Mountains draw tourists not only in winter but in summer too, when they can climb mountains, pick mushrooms and berries, and enjoy healthy mountainous air.

4. The recreation and health resorts in Morshyn, Shidnytsya and Truskavets are well known beyond the measures of Ukraine. A large number of sanatoriums, rest-homes and health resorts are built in this area.

5. The development of the tourist industry is based on the large network of hotels, campings and rest homes. For further development transportation system should be improved and place of tourist interest should be promoted.

Lviv as cultural and tourist center

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is a major city in western Ukraine, the administrative center of Lviv Oblast, and designated as its own raion (district) within that oblast. It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of which 88% were Ukrainians, 9% Russians and 1% Poles,[1] with a further 200,000 commuting daily from suburbs.

The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as the Lviv University and the Lviv Polytechnic. It has a philharmonic orchestra and The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO

World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary with a light show in the center of the city on September 2006.

Since 1998, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists Lviv's historic center as part of "World Heritage." UNESCO gave the following reasons[3] for its selection:

Criterion II: In its urban fabric and its architecture, Lviv is an outstanding example of the fusion of the architectural and artistic traditions of eastern Europe with those of Italy and Germany. Criterion V: The political and commercial role of Lviv attracted to it a number of ethnic groups with different cultural and religious traditions, who established separate yet interdependent communities within the city, evidence for which is still discernible in the modern townscape.