Religious tourism as a moral basis for preserving the ecology of the region

¹ Kherson State Pedagogical University, st. Universitetskaya, 27, Kherson, 273003, Russian Federation
² V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, ProspektVernadskogo 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russian Federation
³ Ural State Pedagogical University,Kosmonavtov Ave., 26 Ekaterinburg, 620091, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: kazak_a@mail.ru

Abstract

The paper examines the possibilities of the active influence of religious tourism on the preservation of the ecology of tourist regions. Currently, religious tourism is becoming more popular, every year more and more people are looking for peace in religious (often historical) monasteries, away from noisy cities and all-inclusive hotels. This article substantiates the idea that religious tourism is not only an opportunity to study the history of the emergence and development of a people, but also to gain new emotions by learning such enduring concepts as morality, humility, goodness, decency, faith. Many temples and monasteries are located in unique regions: in the mountains, on steppe plains or in virgin forests. Such a variety of landscapes in which holy monasteries are located makes it possible to realize all the greatness and uniqueness of nature, to awaken a desire to preserve it in its original form. Staying in holy monasteries is another opportunity for those who want to understand the essence and uniqueness of the world around us. This paper is also devoted to a philosophical understanding of the problem of the influence of religion on human behavior and attitude towards nature. Religion instills in a person responsibility for his actions. It is the moral institution of society. One of the goals of religion is the need to achieve a respectful attitude towards life. The prospect of a gradual improvement in the global environmental situation is largely associated with the revival of spiritual values and religious and ethnic norms.