Summer Camps from the Perspective of Participants and Organisers

Omelan Aneta Anna (), Breś Barbara, Raczkowski Marek, Podstawski Robert, Polgár Tibor and Koltai Miklós
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Omelan Aneta Anna: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Ecology, Olsztyn, Poland
Breś Barbara: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Ecology, Olsztyn, Poland
Raczkowski Marek: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Mechatronics, and Technical and Information Technology Education, Olsztyn, Poland
Podstawski Robert: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Ecology, Olsztyn, Poland
Polgár Tibor: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Institute of Sport Sciences, Szombathely, Hungary
Koltai Miklós: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Institute of Sport Sciences, Szombathely, Hungary

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2018, vol. 25, issue 4, 33-38

Abstract: Introduction. Summer camps are the most important form of organised leisure activity for children and adolescents, and their popularity has been increasing year after year. Providing tourism services for this group of recipients constitutes a big challenge for the organisers because they have to satisfy the expectations of not only the participants but also their parents. Hence, the aim of the study was to obtain data making it possible to estimate the degree of convergence between the needs of summer camp participants, their parents’ needs, and the tourism product, that is summer camp.Materials and methods. The study involved one hundred participants of a summer camp, aged 11-17 years. A diagnostic survey carried using direct interviews and questionnaires. The data have been processed and analysed statistically by means of Excel and Statistica v.12; a significance test was used for comparing two proportions at the significance level α = 0.05 (with p

Keywords: summer camp; children; adolescents; parents; tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/pjst-2018-0025

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