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MANAGEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER TOURISM FOR YOUTH IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC / p. 590
| Název česky | Management realizace vodní turistiky pro mládež v České republice |
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| Rok publikování | 2016 |
| Druh | Článek ve sborníku |
| Konference | Participation in the International Scientific Conference, Constanta, Romania, May 20-21, 2016 |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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| Obor | Sport a aktivity volného času |
| Klíčová slova | health; life style; youth; free time; physical activities; water tourism; |
| Popis | Aim. The current lifestyle of youth in the Czech Republic conforms to the global trend in the context of seeing the natural movement of a person. Free time of young people determines the interest of the activity with a mostly sedentary life style, especially the time that young people spend on social networks. These modern trends cause deterioration in the quality of life, depending on hypokinesis and the impact on health, particularly in relation to civilization diseases and obesity. As in all developed countries of the world, increasing numbers of obese children and overweight children can be observed; also in the Czech Republic, the number of children and young people with overweight and obesity increases. The basis of the changes in this sense can be seen in the motivation for a healthy lifestyle. Methods. The paper deals with the modern management offering physical activities for youth and focused on the attitudes of youth towards water tourism. In this research, 21 students of Brno University of Technology were involved. Our research is based on personal surveys, interviews, stress tests, and statistical evaluations (Kruskal- Wallis test). Results. Students are willing to invest in water tourism training more than € 25. The interest of students in water tourism was encouraged by both their parents and the school. Girls reported higher levels of stress than boys (Kruskal-Wallis test) 0.01 level of statistical significance. Conclusions. The results show that the innovation in water tourism menu increases its attractiveness in the selected locations and motivates the youth to focus on cultural and sightseeing activities along with physical activities. |