There are paid just more attention to recreational and touristic activity in modern conditions of society development and this kind of economic is the primary source for economic growth. Ukraine has all preconditions for creating a powerful touristic and recreational complex and for development of wide range of touristic places on the all territory using its own geographic position and historical and cultural inheritance.
Today there are created many touristic maps and atlases in Ukraine which principally depict historical and cultural resources of Ukraine although it is paid a little attention for natural recreational resources. For effective strategy of touristic activity development in Ukraine it is need to create the complex scientific and reference atlas of Ukraine which depicts present natural and anthropogenic recreational resources and social touristic memorials and characterizes the recreational potential of Ukrainian territory. This issue must generalize the characteristic of touristic and recreational resources relevantly regions of Ukraine.
The article is dedicated to developing the project ĞRecreational and Tourism Atlas of Ukraineğ. During the investigation, it is detected the lack of attention to mapping natural recreational conditions and resources. Therefore, creating the complex recreational and tourism atlas of Ukraine is a necessity. The features of the atlas structure and content are defined.
Keywords: recreational conditions, recreational resources, atlas of Ukraine.