Tourism in Soviet times

Well-organized and expertly conducted tour enhances human health, he produces such valuable qualities as initiative, courage, perseverance, and significantly improves its performance. In the journey becomes stronger sense of collectivism and expanding horizons of tourists brought up the love for nature, for the country. For the Soviet people characterized by a desire to combine recreation with community service, with active learning. That is why tourists are included in their itineraries search for minerals, study of the natural resources of the area, geographic observation. They conduct public agitation and propaganda work, participate in disaster management, fight against poaching. Nationwide patriotic movement became the Komsomol youth trips to places of revolutionary and military glory. A giant stream of tourism has acquired in recent years, a clear organizational forms and a strong material base. Pa enterprises, organizations, educational institutions operate tens of thousands of tourist sections, thousands of tourist clubs in cities and towns with almost 5 million activists tourism. Tourist traffic in our country led by the Central Council for Tourism and Excursions Trade Unions, have extensive regular staff and is closely associated with social organizations. One of the main tasks of the Central Council - the creation in our country, "the tourism industry," ie, a single set of tourist services on a sound scientific and economic basis. When the Central Council are working section of boating, the dominant species of tourism, Speleotourism, as well as a number of central committees, including the certification of instructors and training, route-qualification. In the republics, territories and regions are relevant tips on tourism, which conduct practical work on the development of mass tourism on the ground and direct the work of local holiday camps. Tourism Board include representatives of trade unions, Komsomol and economic organizations, DOSAAF, tourist sections, bases and clubs, children's excursion tourist stations. When the boards on a voluntary basis are organized section on types of tourism and the Commission (educational methods, route-qualification, evaluation, etc.). Organizational and educational work on tourism in towns and districts hold travel clubs operating on a voluntary basis under the guidance of the relevant tourist boards. Club is the center of creativity and initiative of the tourists. There is wide promotion of tourism, introduced new equipment and implements, coordinates the work of sections, tourist and recreational camps and rental stations. Clubs consider and approve materials for Assigned instructors, sports and tourism ranks, give permission to the organization and conduct of travel (within the rights defined them by the Council for Tourism). The club organizes trips and long weekend trips, meetings and competitions, other large-scale tourist activities. Travel section - the original mass initiators and organizers of amateur travel - are organized at enterprises, institutions and educational institutions and are included in groups of physical education relevant voluntary sports organizations. Thus, the travel may be involved every Soviet person, in his quest he finds public support, expert advice, reliable companions, the necessary equipment. But one thing he must first take care of itself: to be educated tourist. To help fill this gap - a problem "Libraries tourist." Presented to the reader that "Tourist" is based on three times reprinted Sputnik tourist. " More than half of its materials updated, the other refined and supplemented in accordance with the changes that have occurred in recent years in the practice of tourism. The book is intended for amateur tourists who go to battle until the third grade. Great location in the description of each type of tourism allocated on security. But we can not exclude the probability of the outcome of an emergency trip. Therefore, the book has a chapter entitled "Rescue work in the mountains with the use of available tools, and in the chapter" Emergency, "describes how to survive the loss during the crash of vital equipment and products.