Economic factors of tourism development

 

The industrial era, in which material well-being was the main value, is being replaced by the post-industrial era, where impressions and sensations are the main goal. The development of transport, communications, increasing mobility, urbanization, reduction of working hours, and the growth of social wealth have become important factors affecting the development of tourism.

In these conditions, the socio-economic position of tourism is rapidly strengthening.

Its share in world trade in services is more than 30%. In the world market, the tourist product […]

History of sports tourism

 

Sports tourism is a sport based on competitions on routes that include overcoming categorized obstacles in the natural environment (passes, peaks (in mountain tourism), rapids (in water tourism), canyons, caves, etc.), and at distances laid in the natural environment and on artificial terrain.

Sports tourism in the USSR, as a sport, was included in the Unified All-Union Sports Classification1 in 1949.

When assigning sports categories and the title of master of sports, the number and complexity of completed hikes, as well as […]

Types of sports tourism

Sports tourism varies by type:

hiking — travel on a tourist route is carried out mainly on foot. The main task is to overcome terrain obstacles on foot, for high difficulty categories – in areas with difficult terrain and climatic conditions.

ski tourism — travel on a tourist route is carried out mainly on skis.

The main task is to overcome terrain obstacles on snow and snow-ice cover on skis, for high difficulty categories – in harsh climatic zones and in mountainous terrain.

mountain […]