The concept of RECREATIONAL MONITORING OF THE GREAT SEVASTOPOL TRAILS
The paper shows the approaches to the organization of recreational monitoring of the Great Sevastopol trail (Southwest of the Crimean peninsula), as a regional route of active tourism. The results of recreational impacts on soil, vegetation and landscape of the Sevastopol region were analyzed. The recommendations for the selection of key sites and a set of indicators of the state of soil and vegetation were given. It is determined that the system of recreational monitoring of the Great Sevastopol Trail depends on the landscape structure and should include at least 36 trial plots. The deciduous forests are the most resistant to recreational loads, juniper high forests and Pitsunda pine are the least resistant.