TOURISM AND RECREATION

Both tourism and recreation have their own particularities, as any other social phenomena. They have their own subjects, but comprise several common features as well. These common features form the base of my lecture. Tourism, as a recreational possibility, can serve our healthy lifestyle. Health is a very important value. This statement is well known for everybody, yet people in Hungary do so little, to recreate, to keep with it healthy. In connection with health protection and free time activities, a special attention is paid to recreation, sport and tourism. When comparing these three social activities, we can find several common elements, which can also realise in sport tourism, as a possible means of recreation. In my study I concentrate on sport activities pursued during tourism, which I compare with the results of my own surveys carried out on sport tourism in two special Hungarian touristic area.