__Tatiana Brykova

__Director

__There are a lot of unique places created by nature on the planet Earth. One of unsurpassed pearls is Tavriysk land of Kherson region. The shore of coast of oblast has been stretched for almost 200 km. Average temperature in the summer is + 35 С. The quantity of sunny days is more than 200. The summer begins in May, and comes to an end in September. As even in the autumn travellers can have remarkable adventures and "velvet" rest in the children’s and youth centers, on the beaches of warm Sea of Azov, open Black Sea, sea gulfs and estuaries, at the river or in coniferous forest.

__The delta of Dnipro has unique recreational potential.

__The Black Sea and the Azov lakes are used for rest and health improvement.

__As a whole, rivers of Dnipro basin, Black and Azov seas represent remarkable base for development of amateur sports fishing. For several years the championship of Ukraine of spinning fishing is spent here. Geographical features of this land have created the unique nature. Animals and birds live free, in world-famous places: Tavriysky steppe, Nyzhnyodniprovsky natural park, Askania-Nova, on Kinburska spit, island Dzharylgach.

__Natural conditions give the chance to all interested people eat with delight southern fruit and vegetables, widely known Kherson water-melons. If to look in the past under a dust of many centuries you can find the richest historical inheritance which belongs to this area - the centre of Southern Black Sea Coast.

__Existing myths and legends have many historical acknowledgements which are restored today by skilled and young regional specialists, creating new routes in the program "My native land - a pearl of Ukraine". Thus, tourists, wandering along Kherson region, learn a lot of new things about this unique land. After all through the most ancient civilization of the Low Black Sea Coast, beginning from the 12th century, throughout many historical epochs there was laid Euro-Asian Bridge of old cultures, the southern crossroads of world ways run.

__The remains of old settlements of steppe people, pagans, Ants, Jews, Moslems, Christians, Polovets, Kimerians, Scythians, Sarmatian, Greeks, Romans, Turks and others are witnesses of that. The largest of famous civilizations in the world has left us 3600 old tumuli. A lot of feats of antique heroes have happened here. Even sports before Olympic times have started on Tendrivska spit which by that time had the name Akhillova.

__During existence of ancient Slavic settlement of Oleshie (1212) along these nice lands there passed the Kyiv princes with their armies, here they wintered and gathered armed forces which were going "from the Varangians into Greeks".

__Lands of Cossack will in Tavria have existed for very long time. Prohnoiska, Inhulets, Oleshkivska and Kamianska Sich became a shelter for the local, Black Sea Cossacks thanks to support of Hryshko Nechosa (Hryhory Potyomkin) - the founder of the city of Kherson.

__For those who want to have a rest in summer this oblast offers camps, improving complexes "Country of children’s dreams", and also the centers of youth rest at any taste on the coast of the Azov and Black seas, curative Skadovsk gulf, lakes or Dnipro-Buzky estuary.

__Everyone who could participate in youth concerts, folklore holidays and parties most of which were hold in the summer on the coast has received unforgettable impression.

__The best children’s improving establishments are members of regional association of improving establishments and make the Azov or Black Sea republics. In all camps, complexes and the rest centers there is a possibility not only to be improved, but also to receive new knowledge, to show talents and to improve skills.

__Every year they have over 100 000 children and youth from

__26 territories of Ukraine and abroad. Everyone who has a rest has possibility to travel along Kherson region.

__Everybody who is interested in youth travel we suggest to start system of regular exchange of children’s and youth groups of different regions of Ukraine throughout a year, after all improvement is not only summer vacation, but also free time, including Christmas, spring vacation, week-end and so on. In improving camps which are initiators of this movement there are created appropriate conditions and flexible price policy is developed.

__All improving establishments are divided in three categories.

__On the basis of chargeable segment (VIP) there are hold international thematic shifts and student’s parties. People have possibility to take part in selective rounds of international and all-Ukrainian festivals, "masters-classes" of famous professionals. In such camps 2-3 persons live in a room.

__Middle level has complexes which have rooms for 4-5 persons.

__Interested people have possibility to continue nonscholastic education in the camps. Rent of objects of a cheap format (houses of barrack-type, rooms for 6-8 persons, with warm water) offer as the 3rd category. Here there are tent camp-companions which are cells of sports, green and ecological tourism.

__The association of health-improving establishments suggests the future partners to create system of common holding of creative, scientific, technical actions, children’s and youth forums of an inter-regional format as in the summer, and within winter rest.

__Cooperation can be developed on certain directions which are in every improving object at the Azov and Black Sea coasts.

__On the basis of a sanatorium complex "Prymoria" there is a linguistic centre at English and German where volunteers and skilled specialists have created all conditions both for studying foreign languages, and for overcoming of language barriers including psychological ones.

__In the tourist military-patriotic centre of improving camp "Chornomorska Khvylya" teenagers pass real school of tempering, seize safety of ability to live, try their abilities in physical training, ingenuity, staying power, study interesting pages of military history.

__Inhabitants of summer marine school of improving camp "Frigate" gain many interesting, useful knowledge and unforgettable impressions. Those who choose this profile can experience camping trip by "water labyrinth", paddling, rowing, sailing regattas and others.

__Those who will have a rest in other improving establishments will gain also many various interesting skills. Thus, in an improving complex "Orlyatko" there is a dance school of world nations, the international festival "Stars of Arbat" is held. In "Sonyachny" there is an ethnography academy, "masters-classes" at art creativity; crafts of nations of Ukraine are conducted.

__In "Pryberezhny" there is real Olympic summer; "masters-classes" at Olympic sports are spent. The complex of sanatorium type "Chaika" is an original European party; here there is a festival "Star of New Wave", and also bowling, billiards, riding, design, body-art, computer technologies classes.

__The summer in the camp "Naftovyk" passes together with zoology, there is an ecological centre here, and a festival "Pure Planet".

__In "Krulaty" there are aeronautics classes; there is a possibility to take part in festival of kite masters "Color Sky". The improving complex "Lastivka" has own schools of ballet dance, aqua-aerobics, "masters-classes" and takes part in the festival "Jazz over the Sea". "Grenada" traditionally masters Slavyanska party, taking part in the festival "Tavriyska Family".

__The improving complex "Chervoni Vitryla" offers the pupils singing summer, competitions of vocalists and choral collectives. In the camp "Raduha" there is a complex program "Seven Colours of Rainbow", there are shifts for handicapped children. In "Dnipro" there is created the Polish linguistic centre; Cossack school of dzhurs is started. "Dolphin" offers the sports-tourist centre. "Enerhiya" teaches those who rest national crafts; fair of creative imaginations is held. In the camp named after I. Kulik there are "masters-classes" at art creativity "Draw the World". The children’s centre "Bili Kryla" will help to spend summer with technics.

__"Veselka" will organize rest for foster children’s homes, young mums with children and so on.

__Certainly, search of interesting forms of organization of rest, processing of innovative techniques of educational process, creation of new model of youth tourism require innovation, talent, creative abilities of romanticists and specialists at the same time. The youth program "Directed to the future" helps to solve this hard and interesting task. The initiative of organizers of summer rest from the camp "Prymoria" (Regional school of leadership), Kherson State University, and Beryslavsky Pedagogical School has received the further development.

__Kherson oblast is defined by a zone of priority development of children’s and youth tourism, so the Association of health-improving establishments of oblast waits for the offers from the regular and future partners.

__Generous and hospitable Kherson region is waiting for you!

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__25 Ushakova Avenue, 73000 Kherson, Ukraine

__tel: +38 (0552) 39-21-39, 42-12-68, (067) 55-35-137

__e-mail: tatbrykova@yandex.ru