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THE ASSESSMENT OF RECREATIONAL SERVICES, PROMOTING HEALTY LIFESTYLE, AT WATER BODIES: CASE OF LITHUANIA
Biruta Svagzdiene, Ingrida Krikstaponyte, Arturas Simanavicius, Natalja Istomina
ABSTRACT. Lithuania as a country is an interesting destination due to the history, culture and landscape. In the context of scientific discussion on tourism, recreational services gain a lot of interest. Water bodies provide important recreational services for the urban residents. The aim of this article is to access recreation services at water bodies. The authors present a straightforward approach for assessing recreational services at water bodies and discussing the results of the analysis, which indicate a great importance of the recreational infrastructure for the promotion of healthy lifestyle .
KEYWORDS: recreational services, tourism, water body.
JEL classification: L83.