As urban development in the 20th century has become the issue of global concern, more and more new territories have been occupied due to high intensity of the development. International conferences devoted to the regulatory issues of city development held within the current decade (such as HABITAT II held in Istanbul, 1996, ATHENS’98 – in Athens, 1998, URBAN 21 – in Berlin, 2000, and a conference in Brussels, 2001, etc) emphasized the majority of developmental aspects including the great focus on the necessity to further form urban structures with the priority of internal city development looking for more effective and more universal functional uses of the territories, restoration of the existing downtown areas and preservation of their original character. As other post-soviet countries, Lithuania has been also facing the need to reorganize various spheres including urban development. Urban territories have been dangerously expanded, especially during the soviet period, due to the increased general city building-up areas, mostly expressed by the territorial expansion rather than gradual and consistent development (by the use of internal reserves of the city). After the restoration of Lithuanian independence, privatisation, changed character of housing construction, return of land and real estate to the previous owners and increasing value of land under the free market conditions remarkably modified the nature of urban development in Lithuania, at the same time revealing the... [to full text]

Darbo struktūra. Magistro darbą sudaro trys skyriai. Pirmajame skyriuje „Turizmas ir vienos jo šakų – kultūrinio turizmo – apžvalga“ pateikiamos pagrindinės turizmą apibrėžiančios sąvokos, apžvelgiamos turizmo ištakos ir raida, atskleidžiamos pagrindinės turizmo rūšys bei išsamiai pristatoma viena turizmo rūšis – kultūrinis turizmas. Antrajame skyriuje „Kultūrinio turizmo poveikis“ išsamiai aptariama kultūrinio turizmo neigiama ir teigiama įtaka ekonomikai, socialinei terpei bei gamtinei aplinkai, didžiausią dėmesį skiriant poveikiui kultūrai. Trečiajame skyriuje „Kultūrinio turizmo įtaka Dzūkijos regiono kultūrai“ bendrai supažindinama su Dzūkijos etnografiniu regionu, pristatomos Varėnos rajono ir Dzūkijos nacionalinio parko pagrindinės kultūros paveldo vertybės, kultūrinio turizmo plėtros perspektyvos minėtame regione bei atskleidžiamas kultūrinio turizmo poveikis Dzūkijos regionui. Magistro darbo tyrimo objektas – kultūrinio turizmo poveikis regiono kultūrai. Darbo tikslas – išnagrinėti kultūrinio turizmo įvairiapusišką įtaką regiono kultūrai, atskirą dėmesį skiriant Dzūkijos etnografiniam regionui. Pagrindiniai darbo uždaviniai: 1. Supažindinti su turizmo verslo šaka, jo ištakomis ir raida bei klasifikacija. 2. Plačiau apžvelgti kultūrinį turizmą, atskleisti jo išskirtinumą iš kitų turizmo rūšių, supažindinti su jo ištekliais bei plėtojimo ypatumais. 3. Atskleisti teigiamą ir neigiamą kultūrinio turizmo poveikį ekonomikai, socialinei terpei, gamtinei aplinkai bei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This master‘s work discus the phenomena of cultural tourism and its influence on the culture of region through economical, social, environmental and cultural perspectives. Starting from the beginnings of cultural tourism and ending with present actualities of cultural tourism in regional dimensions – including the development of cultural tourism in the regions that are tourism destinations, with its highly expressed cultural identity. This writing work analyzes the impact of cultural tourism on the inhabitants of the region in cultural and identity terms. And also presents the advantages and disadvantages of the development of this kind of tourism in the region. The main purpose of this work is to analyze the influence of cultural tourism on the culture of region with a special regard to Lithuanian region of Dzūkija. This master’s work consists of three main parts: 1. Tourism and one of its type – cultural tourism – survey; 2. The impact of cultural tourism; 3. The influence of cultural tourism on the culture of Dzūkija region This writing work can be useful for tourism, communication and information students, tourism and heritage specialists, cultural institutions and etc.