TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE NATIONAL PARK
In the regulatory documents on the activities of specially protected natural territories, the development of tourism and the creation of recreational areas are designated as one of the tasks, which entailed intensive construction of accommodation facilities, equipment for tourist recreation areas and camping grounds. Thanks to the coordination of these activities by the state, the effectiveness of tourism development in natural areas has increased significantly.The analysis of scientific publications and research on the tourist and recreational potential allows us to note the intensification of the activities of scientists and researchers to studyand assess the potential of tourist territories.However, the use of these techniques is not a universal tool in assessing the tourist and recreational potential of a particular tourist area, destination, region or even object. At the same time, the importance of this process and its result is very relevant, because it allows a comprehensive approach to the assessment of various aspects of tourist and recreational potential, while focusing on the peculiarities of the region and the object of study. In accordance with the set task of the development of ecological tourism, as one of the priority directions of Russian tourism, it becomes relevant to substantiate the recreational nature of specially protected natural areas.The characterization and evaluation of the tourist and recreational potential, as a foundation for further research and its primary basis, becomes an urgent problem of substantiating the recreational attractiveness and significance of specially protected natural territories of the region.This marked the problem of our research, which consists in substantiating the tourist and recreational potential of the Zyuratkul National Park for the development of active types of tourism on their territory, taking into account the specifics of the activity and the purpose of specially protected natural areas.The National Park "Zyuratkul" is a specially protected natural territory of federal significance, created in 1993 by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1111 of 03.11.1993 "in order to preserve the unique natural complex of the Southern Urals, create conditions for the development of organized recreation of citizens and improve the environmental situation in the Chelyabinsk region"On the territory of the national park there are more mountain ranges and peaks that are popular with tourists (Nurgush, Moskal, Lukash, Yagodny, Uvan, Zyuratkul, Sands, Bolshaya Kalagaza, etc.)The most important object of the national park, after which the national park itself is named, is Lake Zyuratkul, which has the shape of a crescent-shaped bowl, surrounded by mountain ranges at an altitude of 724 m above sea level, the maximum depth of which is 12 meters, the length of the coastline is 29 km. The area of the water mirror is 13.2 km2 with a catchment area of 178 km2.The lake is characterized by stable ice formation for 6-7 months from October to April.There are many rivers and streams flowing through the park that feed Lake Zyuratkul (Bolshaya Satka, Berezyak, Bolshoy Kyl, etc.).To assess the tourist and recreational potential of the Zyuratkul National Park, we used several methods and assessed the medical and climatic potential of the National Park for 2016-2021, based on the assessment of the landscape and aesthetic expressiveness of the most visited sites, we compiled a rating of tourist sites of the national park. The assessment of the hospitality infrastructure of the Zyuratkul National Park showed that Zyuratkul is the most comfortable for living and recreation of all the national parks of the Ural region.