TY - JOUR N2 - The article deals with the issue of formation and functioning of rural tourism clusters in Ukraine. Here, formation of cluster structures in rural tourism is at its initial stage. Analysis of existing clusters resulted in their classification into groups based on the criterion of specialization: lodging and food (farmsteads), agritourist and local history tourism clusters. Analysis of the main research models for the creation and analysis of rural tourism clusters functioning has been performed. A multilevel universal model of the rural tourism clusters with basic structural levels (basic, affiliate and accompanying) has been proposed for scientific and practical purposes. This model was used to form two cluster initiatives in the ethnographic region of the Ukrainian Carpathians – in the Boykivshchyna. The need to use foreign experience in rural tourism cluster research has been emphasized. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110407/PDF-MASTER/06_Malska.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110407 PY - 2018 IS - No 269 EP - 74 KW - clusters KW - cluster initiatives KW - multilevel universal model of the rural tourism cluster KW - rural tourism KW - Ukraine A1 - Malska, Marta A1 - Dubis, Lidiya A1 - Zinko, Yuriy PB - PAN, Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju DA - 2019.01.15 T1 - Сluster and Cluster Initiatives of Rural Tourism in Ukraine SP - 59 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110407 T2 - Biuletyn KPZK ER -