Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation

The Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism, and Recreation is a structural unit of the Faculty of Geography at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. Its history dates back to June 26, 2008. In 2010, it was renamed the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, and in 2024, it received its current name – the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism, and Recreation.

The department prepares students in accordance with the concept of tiered higher education, educational and qualification characteristics, educational and professional programs, and curricula for the specialties J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Business and Catering» and J3 «Tourism and Recreation» within the knowledge domain J «Transport and Services» at the Bachelor's and Master's levels.

The department's mission is to train qualified specialists capable of ensuring the development of the tourism, recreation, and hospitality industries. Its goal is to promote the effective use of human resources in the recreational-tourism and hospitality sectors, enhance professional and social mobility, and foster the structural and technological transformation of the industry. The department also focuses on shaping creative, socially active, and spiritually enriched individuals, taking into account societal and state needs. 

The team’s mission includes improving the methodological support of the educational process in accordance with the standards of the European Higher Education Area and fostering scientific and educational international collaborations. Recreational-tourism issues, as well as the development of the hotel business, restaurant business, catering, and other aspects of the hospitality industry, are priority areas of the department’s research activities.

ILYIN LEONID VOLODYMYROVYCH – Head of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism, and Recreation, Professor, Honored Educator of Ukraine, member of the Scientific Council on Tourism and Resorts under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, Expert of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, expert of the State Service of Education Quality of Ukraine, Editor-in-Chief of the professional scientific journal Geographical Journal of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, member of editorial boards of national and international scientific journals and collections, and author of over 300 scientific and educational-methodological works, including textbooks, study guides, dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedic publications, monographs, and entrance exam test materials.Head of the scientific school of General and Regional Limnology and has pioneered new directions in constructive geography– ecological limnology and constructive limnology. He has supervised three candidates of sciences and one Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Research focuses on the assessment of natural recreational and tourism resources, comprehensive studies of natural (lakes) and artificial (reservoirs, ponds) water bodies in Ukraine for constructive-geographical applications, and the development of principles for their rational use and conservation.

HROMKO LILIIA SERHIIVNA - Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation. Research interests: behavioral economics, human resource management, activity planning, marketing.

YERKO IRYNA VOLODYMYRIVNA - Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation, Deputy Dean for Academic, Methodological, and International Activities. Research interests: hotel and restaurant business in Ukraine and the world, animation activities in tourism, development of tourism in territorial communities, inclusive tourism, tourism infrastructure.

ILYINA OLHA VIKTORIVNA - Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism, and Recreation, member of the Scientific and Technical Council of Tsumanska Pushcha National Nature Park, expert of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, expert of the State Service of Education Quality of Ukraine, school tourism instructor, and leader of tourist groups. She is the author of over 250 scientific and educational-methodological works. Research interests: assessment of natural recreational-tourism resources, comprehensive study of waterlogged landscapes, organo-mineral resources and their prospects for use in health and wellness industries.

LYSIUK TETIANA VASILIVNA - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation. Author of over 100 scientific and educational publications, including textbooks, teaching aids, methodological recommendations, entrance test materials, and specialized articles. Her research focuses on the current state and specifics of training specialists for the tourism industry.

TERESHCHUK OKSANA STEPANIVNA - Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation. Expert of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance. Research interests: international tourism, tourism service market, tourism and hospitality management, international tourism business, management 

BEZSMERTNIUK TARAS PETROVYCH - Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation. Research interests: recreational geography, recreational land use, natural-anthropogenic recreational-tourism resources, tourism and recreational use of territories and objects of the nature reserve fund, tourism geography.

PASICHNYK MYKHAILO PETROVYCH - Associate Professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Research interests: recreational limnology, limnology, philosophy of hospitality in the Ukrainian tourism space, organization of restaurant business, ethnic cuisines.

HOLOD OLENA MYKOLAIVNA - Senior Laboratory Assistant of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism and Recreation. Research interests: territorial differentiation, evaluation, and rational use of socio-historical recreational-tourism resources in Volyn Oblast.

• Assessment of natural recreational and tourism resources.

• Development of concepts and programs for the development of the functional and territorial structure of the recreational and tourism complex in the Volyn region.

• Expert evaluation of projects for tourism and recreational development in the region.

• Development of new tourist routes.

• Justification of a system for rational recreational use of natural resources, implementation of recreational monitoring, and assessment of the ecological and recreational situation.

• Coordination and development of health, sports, educational, extreme, ecological, and other types of tourism.

• Assessment and development of concepts for the hotel and restaurant business.

• Analysis and improvement of management processes in the hotel and restaurant industry.

• Transformation of the hotel and restaurant business in modern conditions.

Bezsmertnyuk T.P. Recreational Natural Resource Management: Methodical Recommendations for Practical Classes and Independent Work (Lutsk, 2020)
Bezsmertnyuk T.P. Recreational Natural Resource Management: Lecture Notes (Lutsk, 2020)
Bezsmertnyuk T.P. Legal Regulation of Tourism Activities: Lecture Notes (Lutsk, 2020)

Gromko L.S. Enterprise Economics: Methodical Recommendations for Practical Work (Lutsk, 2016)
Gromko L.S. Enterprise Economics: Methodical Recommendations for Individual and Independent Work (Lutsk, 2016)
Gromko L.S. Planning and Control in the Enterprise: Methodical Guidelines for Practical Work (Lutsk, 2020)
Gromko L.S. Program of the Academic Discipline Tourism and Hotel-Restaurant Business Marketin for Students in Specialties «J2 Hotel and Restaurant Business» and «J3 Tourism» (Lutsk, 2020)

Ierko I.V. Standardization, Certification and Metrology: Methodical Guidelines for the Course (Lutsk, 2014)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Animation Activities: Methodical Guidelines for the Course (Lutsk, 2015)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Hotel Management: Methodical Recommendations for Writing Term Papers (Lutsk, 2015)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Animation Activities: Methodical Guidelines for the Course (Lutsk, 2016)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Animation Activities: Methodical Recommendations (Lutsk, 2020)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Hotel Management: Methodical Guidelines for Practical Work, Part 1 (Lutsk, 2020)
Ierko I.V. Organization of Hotel Management: Methodical Recommendations for Writing Term Papers (Lutsk, 2020)

Ilyin L.V. Limnology: Ukrainian-Russian Dictionary. Concepts and Terms (Lutsk, 2001)
Ilyin L.V. Ukrainian Dictionary-Reference Book on Ecology: Dictionary, Reference Materials (Lutsk, 2001, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Fundamentals of Ecological Knowledge. Dictionary-Reference Book: Educational Manual (Rivne, 1993, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Protection and Use of Natural Resources of Ukraine (Rivne, 1994, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Working Program of the Academic Discipline «Organization of Scientific Researches» Field of Knowledge 1401 «Service Sector'» Specialty 6.140103 «Tourism» (Rivne, 2016, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Working Program of the Academic Discipline «Green Tourism» for Students in the Specialty 6.140103 «Tourism» (Rivne, 2017, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Working Program of the Academic Discipline «Methodology of Scientific Research» for Students in the Specialty J3 «Tourism» (Rivne, 2017, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Working Program of the Academic Discipline «Organization of Children and Youth Tourism» for Master’s Degree Students in Specialty J3 «Tourism» (Rivne, 2018, co-authored)
Ilyin L.V. Tourismology (Rivne, 2019)
Ilyina O.V. Tourism. Recreational Geography: Concepts and Terms (Lutsk, 2005)
Ilyina O.V. Tourism. Recreational Geography: Concepts and Terms» (Lutsk, 2009)
Ilyina O.V. Organization of Recreational Services: Educational Manual (Lutsk, 2017, co-authored)
Lisyuk T.V. Advertising in Tourism: Educational Manual (Lutsk, 2010)
Lisyuk T.V. Organization of Tourist Trips: Methodical Guidelines for the Course» (Lutsk, 2013)
Lisyuk T.V., Tereshchuk O.S. Organization of Tourist Trips (Tour Operating): Methodical Recommendations for Practical Work (Lutsk, 2020)
Lisyuk T.V., Tereshchuk O.S. Organization of Tourist Trips (Tour Operating): Lecture Notes (Lutsk, 2020)
Tereshchuk O.S. Tourist Services Market: Methodical Recommendations (Lutsk, 2014)
Tereshchuk O.S. Country Studies. Europe: Practicum (Lutsk, 2014)
Tereshchuk O.S. Tourist Country Studies: Methodical Recommendations (Lutsk, 2015)

• International activities of the department
• Students studying under the double degree program
• Cooperation agreement on joint education with Jan Dlugos University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Częstochowa
• Checking the results of studies in subjects that are mutually recognized by the Humanities and Natural Sciences University named after Jan Dlugosz in Częstochowa and the East European National University named after Lesi Ukrainka in Lutsk (specialty: Tourism)
• Checking the results of studies in subjects that are mutually recognized by the Humanities and Natural Sciences University named after Jan Dlugosz in Częstochowa and the East European National University named after Lesi Ukrainka in Lutsk (specialty: Hotel and restaurant business)
• Description of study results for the field: Tourism and recreation (bachelor's degree, practical profile)
• Study plan (specialty: Hotel and restaurant business)
• Study plan (specialty: Tourism)
• Joint study program (specialty: Hotel and restaurant business)
• Joint study program (specialty: Tourism)
• Agreement on cooperation with "Center of International Programs" LLC

The department trains specialists at the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels of higher education in the specialties J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Management, and Catering» and J3 «Tourism and Recreation» in the field of knowledge J «Transport and Services».

Bachelor's Degree:

– J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Management, and Catering». Educational qualification: «Bachelor in Hospitality and Restaurant Management».

– J3 «Tourism and Recreation». Educational qualification:  «Bachelor in Tourism and Recreation».

Master's Degree:

– J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Management, and Catering». Educational qualification: «Master in Hospitality and Restaurant Management».

– J3 «Tourism and Recreation». Educational qualification: «Master in Tourism and Recreation».

Students have the opportunity to study for free under the «Double Diploma» program, based on agreements between Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University and Jan Dlugosz University of Humanities and Natural Sciences in Częstochowa (Republic of Poland), in the specialty J3 «Tourism and Recreation» (since 2018) and J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Management, and Catering» (since 2020).

An Educational-Scientific-Industrial Complex has been established at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, comprising Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University and its separate structural unit, the Professional College of Technology, Business, and Law. This integration ensures the effective utilization of the material and technical resources of the complex participants, the expertise of scientific and pedagogical staff, the acquisition of specialized professional competencies by students, and the proper training of specialists in the fields of J2 «Hospitality, Restaurant Business, and Catering» and J3 «Tourism and Recreation» under the knowledge domain J «Transport and Services», in compliance with the Higher Education Standard of Ukraine.

The following training laboratories are in operation:

– Educational-Scientific Laboratory of Restaurant Service and Bartending;

– Training Laboratory for Hotel and Restaurant Service «Svitlytsia»;

– Training and Production Complex «Hart»;

– Educational-Scientific-Industrial Complex at Lesya Ukrainka VNU.

The «Hart» Training and Production Complex, within the Department of Tourism and Hospitality, along with the training base on Lake Svitiaz, plays a crucial role in students’ practical training.

Over the years of the department's existence, one doctoral dissertation (L.V. Ilyin), four candidate dissertations (D.I. Kalinovskyi, A.R. Hrynasiuk, T.P. Bezsmertniuk, O.M. Hromyk), and one dissertation for the Doctor of Philosophy (Pasichnyk M.P.) degree have been defended. Students are actively involved in research activities, presenting the results of their own studies in scientific publications and participating in Olympiads and competitions of student scientific works.

• Excerpts from the minutes of the department's meetings on the formation of groups of students who will study elective disciplines
• Excerpts from the minutes of department meetings on approval of questionnaires for graduates and employers
• Excerpts from the minutes of the department's meetings about the results of the graduate survey
• Excerpts from the minutes of the department's meetings about the results of the employers' survey
• Excerpts from the minutes of department meetings on approval of educational and professional programs
• Excerpts from the minutes of department meetings on improvement of educational and professional programs
• Excerpts from the minutes of department meetings on improvement of educational courses

• Excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the department No. 3 of October 2, 2020. On approval of the subject of course projects (works) for the 2020–2021 academic year
• The schedule of consultations for master's students
• Topics of bachelor's theses 2022-23 n.y.
• Topics of coursework 2022-23

• Tourist club "Meridian"
• The topic of problem groups

• Reviews of OPP "Tourism"
• Reviews-feedback on OPP "Hotel and restaurant business"

An important indicator of the quality of training specialists at the department is their successful careers. Throughout its existence, the department has launched a significant number of talented graduates into the world. Graduates of the department have achieved notable success in science and industry. Many of them have found their calling in business, working in hotel and restaurant establishments, as well as tourism companies, while others have, on the contrary, chosen careers as teachers and research scientists.

Graduates of the department work at enterprises and companies both in Ukraine and abroad, in neighboring and distant countries. Among the graduates of the department, there are those who have successfully started their own businesses and are now carrying out interesting business projects in tourism, hotel and restaurant management, and other areas of activity.

Whatever professional path our graduates choose, the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Business, Tourism, and Recreation at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University will forever remain a bright start in their lives!

Bezsmertnyuk Taras Petrovych, senior lecturer at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Volyn National University named after Lesia Ukrainka, Candidate of Geographical Sciences
Galyas Taras Ruslanovych, director of the tourist company "PRO Ukraine"
Dmytruk Iryna Volodymyrivna, administrator of the forest restaurant "Yavir"
Vitaly Olegovych Zeiko, head of the travel agency "MixTour", Candidate of Geographical Sciences
Beekeeper Mykhailo Petrovych, assistant at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Nataliya Volodymyrivna Pasichnyk, manager of the "Sea of Tours" travel agency
Maksym Mykolayovych Pylypchuk, service manager of the recreation complex "Restpark", assistant at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality of Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka
Kateryna Vasylivna Savych, deputy manager of the Svityaz hotel
Anastasiya Volodymyrivna Tymchuk, director of the Maximus hotel-restaurant-entertainment complex
Fulmes Oksana Mykolaivna, home confectioner, owner of the personal brand @oksi_bakery
Oleh Volodymyrovych Lischuk, senior bartender of the "IDEALIST COFFEE CO" coffee shop
Mykola Volodymyrovych Potrapeliuk, senior chef of the Chevermeto restaurant, teacher of special disciplines and chairman of the examination commission of the Lutsk Higher Vocational School
Roman Serhiyovych Mykolyuk, head bartender of the Ring Cafe chain
Bozhena Fedorivna Lebid, head of the Ring Cafe chain
Kateryna Anatolyivna Zaichuk, methodologist of the Communal Institution of Higher Education "Lutsk Pedagogical College" of the Volyn Regional Council
Olga Hennadiyivna Kurochka, administrator of the reception and accommodation service of the Loft Hotel by Rixwel (Kyiv)

• 2nd All-Ukrainian NPC "Tourism industry and the field of hospitality in Ukraine and the world: current state, problems and development prospects"
• ІІІ All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "Tourism industry and the field of hospitality in Ukraine and the world: current state, problems and development prospects"

• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with PRIKARPATTYA-HOTEL-SERVICE LLP
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with "HOTEL "NOBL" LLC
• Agreement on obtaining higher education using elements of a dual form of education with FOP Husak Nazar Bogdanovych (Hotel "Restpark")
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the FOP "Bernytska O.V." (pizzeria "Felicita")
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the "Hurskyi Denys Oleksandrovych" FOP
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with PE "BONANZA SERVICE" (cafe "SITO-P'YANO")
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the FOP Dunay N.Ye.
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the FOP "Zaganych A.Yu."
• Agreement on obtaining higher education using elements of a dual form of education with PE "VEST VULKAN"
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the FOP Gorbach I.O.
• Agreement on obtaining higher education using elements of a dual form of education with FOP Pinkevich E.V.
• Agreement on obtaining a higher education using elements of a dual form of education with the FOP Hrytsyuk A.I. (Bistro Happy Bakery)

Activities of the department
Defense of final theses
Practical training
Students in practice
Students on an excursion
Master classes
Olympiads and competitions
Student leisure time

• Educational laboratory of the organization of hotel and restaurant services "Svitlitsa"
• Educational and production complex "Hart"
• Educational-scientific-production complex at SNU named after Lesya Ukrainka

• Agreement on joint activities in the educational field with the FOP Dunay N.Ye.
• Agreement on cooperation in the educational field with PRIKARPATTYA-HOTEL-SERVICE LLP
• Agreement on joint activity in the educational field with the tourist operator "Free Place In Tour" LLC
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational field with Geoexpress LLC
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with "NOBL" LLC
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with the restaurant "Dobra Khata"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with the pizzeria "Presto Pizza"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with the restaurant "Noble"
• Agreement on joint activity in the educational sector with the hotel and restaurant complex "Ostriv"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with PrJSC "Hotel Ukraine"
• Agreement on joint activities in the field of education with KP Volyn Regional Sanatorium "Forest Song"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with the hotel-restaurant-entertainment complex "Maximus"
• Agreement on joint activity in the educational field with the Travel Agency "Imperia-Tour"
• Agreement on cooperation with "CALYPSO TOUR UA" LLP
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational field with the Travel Agency "Sea of Tours"
• Agreement on joint activity in the educational field with the Tourist Agency "TUI"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with "Reikarts Hotel Management" LLC
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational field with the Travel Agency "Like Travel"
• Agreement on joint activities in the educational sector with "Ribas Lutsk" LLP