THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ENTERPRISES OF RURAL GREEN TOURISM ON THE PRINCIPLES OF COMPETITIVENESS

The subject of the research is the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of the formation and use of the organizational and economic mechanism of the socio-economic development of small enterprises in rural green tourism based on competitiveness. The purpose of the work is to form the structure and components and use the organizational and economic mechanism for the development of rural green tourism enterprises, taking into account the factors of competitiveness, competitive advantages, competition. The methodological basis of the article is both general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Methods were used: historical, dialectical, system-structural analysis and synthesis, statistical and economic, SWOT-analysis, groupings, problem-target approach. Results of work. The article defines the features of the formation of the structure and components of the organizational and economic mechanism of the functioning and development of rural green tourism enterprises, taking into account the requirements of the competitiveness of the factors of competitive advantages and competition in the market of tourist services. The field of application of results. The materials, results and conclusions of the article can be used in the activities of rural territorial communities, local authorities, enterprises and agro-estates, higher educational institutions of the corresponding specialization, faculties of economics and management, financial and humanitarian, tourism and hotel and restaurant industry. Conclusions. Taking into account that the organizational and economic mechanism of functioning of small enterprises of rural green tourism provides for their various types and forms of associations, in its formation it is advisable to take into account the requirements of competitiveness. Institutional and innovative investment support, tactical and strategic planning, marketing tools, integration associations, instruments of public-private partnership may be relevant among the components. Also progressive is the use of methods for creating rural green tourism clusters, alliances, associations, centers, ecovillages, cells, networks on the basis of cooperation and integration when using the common tourist and resource potential of the territories where business entities are located.