РАЗВИТИЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ТУРИЗМА ЕСТЕСТВЕННОНАУЧНОЙ НАПРАВЛЕННОСТИ В УСЛОВИЯХ ГОРОДСКОЙ СРЕДЫ

Abstract

The paper studies the features and specifics of the selection of objects of the natural environment for excursion and local history activities for students of the middle and higher levels of education on the example of Minsk. Traditionally, educational tourism combines two functions – educational and sightseeing tourism. There are three directions in educational tourism: language (foreign language courses), sports and professional. Professional educational tourism involves both academic exchange, internships, business trips to educational institutions and participation in scientific projects and conferences aimed at developing the level of education quality in the process of adapting various education systems [6], and obtaining a specialty, qualifications and additional education, including when conducting local history excursions into nature. Within the city of Minsk, we selected sections of the Svisloch River valley within the boundaries of the Loshitsky manor and park complex, biological objects – botanical natural monuments of local importance within the boundaries of the Alexander Park and the «Belaya Dacha» oak-linden massif and the resources of the boulder museum as natural objects of educational tourism.