III.5.5. Sociological aspects

Sport tourism, as recreational activity is dependent on social conditions, which may determine its form as well. There are more expensive forme including sport hunting, golf, tennis and cheaper ones including football, running or hiking.  Social groups with similar background have a lot in common when considering their leisure time activities or consumption. Sport tourism is also related to family income. The higher the family income, the more active the cjhildren and the parents are in the family. They travel more frequently and to more distant destinations. .

„The types of the so-called nature tourism, which require some physical activity, like rural tourism ecotourism, hiking, nature walking, cycling tourism, horseback riding tourism, golf, angling tourism,. hunting tourism.  safaris, theme parks, attraction tourism, water tourism, have social-strata specificities, sionce they represent a wide variety. (Gáldi 2011).

Those men who have higher income and are more educated are more active in sports and in sport tourism as well. In the more developed societies in each social group there is a growing demand for being fit and healthy, and, at the same time,  - under media influence – there is a growing interest on the part of people in participating in sport events as spectators. In general, people spend more time and money on sport. rdítanak a sportra.