Vodní turistika

Abstract

This diploma thesis deals with a topic of water tourism. It is divided into two parts. The first part is theoretical and focuses on water tourism in general, water sports, water tourism in the Czech Republic, and then there is a description of watercourses, water sports in the past and today, terminology, water sports equipment, difficulty and safety connected with water sports. The second part is practical. It consists of the analysis concerning water tourism and a proposal of a water trip for a secondary school. The main aim of this thesis is a market analysis concerning water sport trips offered by travel agencies, a general view of domestic and foreign attractive places offering water sports and the proposal of a water trip for secondary school students. After the evaluation it was found out that water trips are offered mostly by the specialized travel agencies that promote trips to foreign countries. Moreover, the analysis of water sports shows that even in our country there are many places where the water sports are performed. The proposal of the trip is designed for the reason of better promotion of water trips in the Czech Republic and their easier realization. This thesis shows that offers and awareness of water sports are not too high, therefore, it is important to make an effort to greater promotion of these water sports activities.