Melinda Jászberényi (ed.)

Mobility and active lifestyle in tourism


Basic tourism infrastructure

Basic tourism infrastructure includes transport, utilities and communications. Solid paved roads, rail, air and public transport, ports, piped water, sewerage, electricity, telephone connections, mobile networks are all elements without which tourism would be unbuildable and undevelopable (Michalkó 2012). In the case of sports tourism, these elements are equally indispensable. What is more, the tourism infrastructure for sports tourism requires more than just the specifications of the sports tourism product itself. Skiing requires snow, ice for ice skating, hiking on the mountain or swimming in the water, but these elements are mostly part of the natural environment and not of the man-made infrastructure. Yet sport is a kind of hybrid mix of man-made and natural elements because there are cases where the natural environment is the basis of the sport on offer (sailing, orienteering), some where it is man-made (Formula 1, track cycling) and some where it is a hybrid (slalom kayaking, tennis competitions with different surfaces) as we mentioned it before.

Mobility and active lifestyle in tourism

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2022

ISBN: 978 963 454 797 6

Passenger transport merging different sub-sectors such as urban and road transport (e.g., coaches, automobiles, public transport), rail transport (e.g., luxury tourist trains), water transport (e.g., maritime or river cruises), and aviation (e.g., airlines, special air transport options – such as ballooning or hang gliding) is the cornerstone of tourism. The strong relationship between the fields of tourism requires an understanding of the theoretical background of tourism. In the first part of the book, the essentials of tourism, transport, and their interactions are presented. The book also focuses on innovative transport solutions (e.g., automation, shared mobility) that could transform passenger transport and tourism in the near future. In the second part, the characteristics of active tourism, one of the most emerging areas of recreational tourism are presented in detail. Based on the current trends, the conceptual framework, the supply and demand side of recreation and sport tourism are described in detail. The main trends, drivers and achievements of sports tourism are illustrated by Hungarian and international examples.

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