THE RECREATIONAL-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE WESTERN COAST OF LAKE BAIKAL
D.V. KOBYLKIN, A.V. MYADZELETS
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033, Irkutsk, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, 1, Russia
agrembrandt@inbox.ru
Keywords: geomorphological structure, relief, assessment, recreational significance, tourism, Baikal Region
Abstract
The paper presents results of a score level assessment of the recreational-geomorphological potential (RGP) for a portion of Pribaikalskii National Park that includes the western coast of Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island. The basis for this research is provided by the author’s geomorphological map and results of his own expedition work on the territory of the park; an analysis is made of the existing kinds of recreation and the characteristics of the infrastructure used for tourism purposes. As a result, different forms of geomorphological structure were identified, and for each of them the significance of the relief for the develop ment of stationary and active kinds of tourism was determined. Based on the topographic features and the possible types of recreational use, an assessment is made of the RGP of the territory of the western coast of Lake Baikal.
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