Abstract:
The article deals with the main stages of educational tourism research, identifies and substantiates the key problems of sociocultural adaptation of international students in Ukraine. The strategies of sociocultural adaptation of international students in the educational and cultural environment of the institution of higher education are considered on the example of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (KhSAC) and Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and Trade (KSUFTT). They are aimed at the development of positive motivation concerning active inclusion of international students in the process of forming their own interethnic tolerance and learning. The series of measures within the framework of the strategies forsociocultural adaptation contributed to deepening of social knowledge of international students regarding intercultural interaction in non-traditional educational and cultural environment of Ukrainian higher educational institutions, assimilation of social values of non-traditional educational and cultural environment, and sociocultural space of Ukraine.
