ОЦІНКА КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ РЕГІОНІВ СВІТУ У СЕКТОРІ ПОДОРОЖЕЙ І ТУРИЗМУ

Objective. To explore bases and components of competitiveness of the world regions in the travel and tourism sector, to assess the contribution of the tourism industry into the socio-economic development of regions. Methods. The research is based on the analysis of countries and regions competitiveness rate that was compiled on the basis of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index, proposed by the World Economic Forum. Dialectic method of scientific knowledge and complex of sci-entific methods, such as theoretical generalization, graphic and historical generalization, clus-tering and classification, methods of statistical and mathematical analysis are used. Results. Components of competitiveness of the world regions in the travel and tourism sector were determined. Indicators that constrain the growth of the competitiveness of the tourism sector were singled out. The impact of the tourism industry on the socio-economic development of regions was investigated. The role of tourism in the restoring and enhancing of economy competitiveness during the unstable economic situation was justified. Scientific novelty. Based on analysis of TTCI subindexes components the competitive-ness determinants of the world regions in the travel and tourism sector were defined. Availa-bility of interdependence between the region's competitiveness of the sector, tourist attrac-tiveness and contribution of tourism to the socio-economic development were justified. Practical value. Interregional analysis of the components of the travel and tourism competitiveness provides necessary information to compare and effective use of local com-petitive advantage in making decisions in the tourism business and related sectors and ac-tivities, and valua