Abstract:
The subject of the study is theoretical and practical aspects of the justification of the models of entrepreneurship in rural green tourism in European countries and the evaluation of their effectiveness. The aim of the work is to identify features of entrepreneurship models in rural green tourism and to develop practical recommendations for assessing their effectiveness. Methodological basis of the article became general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Were used methods: dialectical, monographic, historical, system-structural analysis and synthesis, problem and program-target approaches. The article reveals peculiarities of entrepreneurship models in rural green tourism. Features of development and support of rural green tourism in different countries as one of the perspective types of tourism business are considered. Grounded trends and prospects of development of rural green tourism in Ukraine. Conclusions and results of the article can be used in the educational-scientific process of the economic faculties of higher educational institutions. It is expedient to transfer them for practical use in the management of tourism activities at the level of enterprises, in the activities of public organizations, rural communities. Comprehensive study and implementation of the European experience of small business in rural green tourism in Ukraine is aimed at achieving its strategic goal – creation of a competitive national and European and world markets for a national tourist product that can meet the needs of both compatriots and foreigners as much as possible. It is also an expansion of the internal and constant growth of volumes of inbound tourism in the countryside, ensuring the integrated development of rural areas and their tourist destinations, taking into account the socio-economic interests of the entire population of the country as a whole.