Social tourism (social policy)

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Social tourism is a recreational trip that is co-financed by state or other subsidies. It is a sub-segment of the tourism industry and is intended to enable particularly low-income groups to travel on vacation. Children, young people, the disabled and the elderly are the target groups for social tourism. Social tourism is organized by organizations, associations, companies , parties and religious communities. It is part of the state social policy . The aim of social tourism is to open up tourism to all sections of the population and to provide offers; in the past it was also referred to as social tourism .

"In social tourism, the [public] subsidy forms either the impulse or the basis for a 'social' recreational stay."

history

As early as the 1870s, holiday colonies for children in need of relaxation were created and financially supported.

Thereafter, more and more children's recreation centers emerged in Germany. Occasionally, company rest homes for the respective employees were built at the end of the 19th century. During the First World War , grand ducal castles were made available as convalescent homes for needy school children.

From 1933 to 1945, social tourism was misused for Nazi propaganda.

In the GDR , leisure time in the FDJ and pioneer camps was politicized .

Forms of social tourism

State social tourism

  • In the 3rd Reich , social tourism was shaped by the organization “ Kraft durch Freude ” and the sending of children to the children's area.
  • The holiday camp as a planned success model of the socialist society - well cared for and safe in socialism - under the ideological coordinates of the SED "unquestionably conveyed a positive image of the GDR among the participants. Social tourism played an important role in the GDR as a factor of political stabilization.
  • In the Federal Republic of Germany, regardless of the individual countries, families with children in need are supported within the framework of social tourism on request.

Corporate social tourism

The vacation stay in the company's own facilities for the employees and their children is called corporate social tourism. It is part of the voluntary company social benefits for employees and contributes to motivation.

Social tourism from organizations, churches and non-profit associations

Funds from the organizations are used to finance cheap or free trips for children, young people and adults.

The Federal Working Group on Family Recreation developed projects for financially disadvantaged people and families to enable families in stressful life situations to vacation. Family recreation is an important part of the eighth Social Code .

As early as the end of the 19th century, the children were supported by low-income families. The children's colonies and recreation centers that have sprung up in Germany are an example of this.

Economical meaning

Social tourism is important for economies because it creates jobs and better utilizes existing tourism capacities. All year round open holiday and leisure facilities in the middle of nature become extraordinary places of learning and promote educational and youth work. Sustainable concepts complement the offer in the respective region.

Today's target groups

Children, young people, single mothers with children, seniors, people with disabilities and socially disadvantaged families.

European countries with well-developed structures in social tourism

Within the EU: France, Poland, Spain and Portugal. Outside the EU: Switzerland, which developed the Reka system in 1939 as part of social tourism.

literature

  • Stadler, Georg: From the Cavalier Tour to Social Tourism . Anton Pustet University Press, 1975.
  • Salomon, Alice: Guide to Welfare Care . Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, 3rd edition, 1928.
  • Gerz, A. and Jünemann, M. Regina (ed.): Healthy youth. No. 1-24 . Journal for the mental and physical training of young people through recreational care, child exchanges, country stays, children's and youth homes, holiday colonies. German publishing company; Berlin, 1st year. 1929.
  • Thomas Schaufuß: The political role of the FDGB holiday service in the GDR. Social tourism in the SED state (contemporary historical research; vol. 43), Duncker & Humblot Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-428-13621-6 .
  • Thomas Schaufuß: Holiday leisure time with games, sports and adventure. Child and youth social tourism. The company holiday camp in the GDR and its predecessors . OEZ Berlin Verlag, March 2017, ISBN 978-3-942437-28-8 .
  • The eighth book of the Social Security Code - Children and Youth Welfare - as published on September 11, 2012 .
  • In air and sun . Artist and self-writing album. Published for the good of the holiday colonies. Hans Schäfer Verlag, 1910.
  • Behre, Heike and Frenzel, Claudia (Hrsg.): Learning place travel - With a comparison of the ministerial regulations for school trips in Germany . Proceedings of the Leipzig Future Symposium 2002. Publication 2003, ISBN 978-3980880107 .
  • Bernhauer, Ernst: The state promotion of tourism in the Federal Republic of Germany and in West Berlin from 1961 to 1964 . Contributions to tourism research. Volume 10. Duncker & Humblot Verlag, 1967.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhauer, Ernst: The state promotion of tourism in the Federal Republic of Germany and in West Berlin from 1961 to 1964. Contributions to tourism research. Volume 10. Duncker & Humblot Verlag, 1967, p. 131
  2. ↑ State History Information System Hessen, Contemporary History in Hessen - Data, Facts, Backgrounds, No. 13 . Retrieved August 1, 2017
  3. ↑ Thomas Schaufuß: Holiday leisure time with games, sport and adventure Child and youth social tourism. The company holiday camp in the GDR and its predecessors. OEZ Berlin Verlag, March 2017, ISBN 978-3-942437-28-8 , p. 119
  4. ^ Federal Working Group on Family Recreation : Who we are . Retrieved August 1, 2017