Hydrological objects of ecologically focused types of tourism of the southwest coast of lake Baikal

Southwestern coast of Lake Baikal is one of the most visited areas of Irkutsk region. To conserve the ecosystems of the southwestern coast of Lake Baikal in the process of their recreational use, it is necessary to develop ecologically focused types of tourism, with elements of informative tourism. On the territory under consideration is a huge number of recreation centers concentrated in the coastal part. The development of the ecological tourism will help to reduce the anthropogenic pressure on the coast of Lake Baikal and its redistribution in the adjacent territory due to the involvement of new tourism facilities. The article describes the hydrological objects of the southwestern Baikal region (rivers, streams, lakes, springs), both actively used and promising from the point of view of the ecological tourism development. The article represents results of assessing floods danger on the rivers used for tourism. In the spatial aspect, the floods danger for the Central Ecological Zone of the Baikal Natural Territory within Irkutsk region is determined...