Committee for Tourism and Hiking

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The Committee for Tourism and Hiking (KTW) was a state organ of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that existed from 1956 to 1974 , whose task was "the promotion of physical culture, school and popular sports and tourism" .

history

On November 22, 1956, the Committee for Tourism and Hiking was founded by resolution of the Central Committee of the SED . The tasks consisted mainly in the organization of youth trips, recreational trips and holiday camps within the GDR. Among other things, it helped to coordinate all tourism measures of the FDJ , the FDGB , the DFD , the Kulturbund , the DRK , the DTSB and the pioneer organization Ernst Thälmann . In accordance with the planning and control needs of a socially administered society, the "cultural asset" tourism was mainly organized by the state. The KTW was affiliated to the youth department of the Council of Ministers of the GDR , but was not officially authorized to issue instructions.

The committee was also involved in the publication of hiking maps, travel guides and the magazine “ Unterwegs ”. The KTW also coordinated the Xth World Festival in 1973 . The committee had its seat in the same building as the central council of the FDJ, the Berlin Zollernhof .

At the 8th party congress of the SED in 1971 , Erich Honecker demanded that in future everything “ be done for the happiness of the people” ; this also included managing the increase in tourism and thus, among other things, the “unity of economic and social policy” . In the constitution of the GDR from 1974 it was stated in article 18: "Physical culture, sport and tourism as elements of socialist culture serve the all-round physical and mental development of the citizens" . Accordingly, in Article 34 the citizen was granted a “right to the protection of his health and his labor” . "The promotion of physical culture, school and popular sports and tourism" was one of the prerequisites to be created. Despite this, the committee was dissolved in November 1974. Its tasks were taken over by the youth travel agency “ Jugendtourist ” set up by the FDJ .

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source

  • Andreas Herbst u. a .: This is how the GDR worked. Lexicon of Organizations and Institutions. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag 1994, (p. 1522)

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