MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH TO SELECTING THE LOCATION AND PLANNING FACILITIES OF A NAUTICAL TOURISM PORT

In this paper the authors accentuate the systematic approach to the analysis of the factors affecting the selection of the location and facilities of a nautical tourism port. Their interrelation and interaction which provided grounds for the design of physical and technological and economic model of a nautical tourism port for the purpose of sustainable development have been analysed. The criteria for selecting the location and facilities of a nautical tourism port have been determined, and their evaluation resulted in deciding about the problem (of selection) of the optimal solution. The determined standards of quality and elements of the offer have the role of factors of efficient managing of a nautical tourism port development. The structure or the definition of the problem is the most important characteristic in view of the possible methods and procedures of support to the decision-making about a particular problem. Well-structured problems have been successfully resolved by applying optimisation techniques and methods and other econometric methods, but if the problems are partially or insufficiently structured it is necessary to refer to the new concept of decision-making support and to the new generation of mathematical methods which allow for multicriteria approach to problem solving. The authors presented the methods of multicriteria analyses for the purpose of selection of the location for a nautical tourism port a general model is defined The implementation of this method allows obtaining the quality and efficiency of business operations of nautical tourism ports as leaders of the development of nautical tourism and an element of integral management of maritime domain.