Development of the hotel facility in the structure of tourist destinations of Ukraine

The article defines that the hotel industry is part of tourist destinations and components of the tourism industry of Ukraine. It is proved that today the hotel industry of Ukraine is determined by a number of problems complicated by the impact of economic and political crises, the COVID-19 pandemic and so on. The current state of the number of hotel facilities in most regions of Ukraine does not meet international norms, rules and standards. The number of hotels and similar accommodation for many tourist destinations is in most cases insufficient. In addition, the material and technical base of most hotels is outdated and needs urgent modernization. The conceptual principles of hotel industry analysis in the structure of regional systems are substantiated based on the analysis, which showed that in 2019 compared to 2018 slightly increased the number of hotels in Odessa, Zaporozhia, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd regions, the number of hotels increased. A significant reduction in the hotel stock took place in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, which are on the demarcation line. Analysis of the number of places in hotels and similar accommodation by region of Ukraine, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine showed significant regional disparities. The number of beds decreased in the Kherson region and the city of Kyiv. However, an increase in the number of hotel beds was observed in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Zakarpattia regions. In other regions, the dynamics of changes in the number of beds remains almost constant. The international experience of hotel industry development is studied. The structure of the hotel industry is systematized according to the approach of the World Tourism Organization. An analysis of the development of the hotel industry in the dynamics and in the regional context. Hotel business entities are invited to unite in hotel alliances and clusters. It is determined that the tourist hotel cluster is characterized by a low level of administratively centralized influence on the work of cluster elements, compliance with established standards and principles of equality, ensuring proportionality in pricing policy and balanced, optimal use of the proposed set of hotel and other services

hotel industry, business entities, regional development, hospitality industry