TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF LANDSCAPES OF THE SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL AREA OF SHARYN OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

In this work, we studied the tourist and recreational resources - relict, unique landscapes of the specially protected natural area of the Sharyn. The work is the result of many years of field research on landscapes and summer field practice in 2019 in the Sharyn River basin, the study and systematization of published scientific materials. 4 key sections were laid along 2 routes. On this basis, foci of landscape diversity were identified: relic tracts of Sarytugai with Sogdian ash (Fraxinus sogdiana Bunge), tracts Kurtogay, Moyyntugay and Temirlik with relict morphological sculptures. A digital thematic map was created on ArtGIS 10.1. The “passport” of the existing tourist routes and the “passport” of the recreational load of the protected areas Sharyn have been completed. To remove the anthropogenic load on the Sharyn Canyon, it was proposed to develop two more routes: "Small Canyon" and "Temirlik tract." The scientific base of the tourist and recreational potential has been created and the feasibility of further development of international tourism has been substantiated.