One can notice that there is a tendency, at international level, to develop a tourism dedicated to children, with many tourist destinations customized to their particular taste. The best formulas for practicing tourism are through various camps. But tourism and education are two ways that put these young people in contact with reality and in which they get to know it. The new vision of the educational system proposes tourism as a real means of gaining knowledge and socialization. The environment in which we live influences and changes attitudes and mentalities. The more backgrounds and cultures children get familiarized with, the more progress they make. Tourism education itself is an interdisciplinary education.
At the same time, tourism education teaches children how to become tomorrow's tourists, by adopting appropriate conditions during voyages, by direct participation in the development of tourist programmes, and by developing positive and open attitudes towards those around them. High quality tourism cannot be ensured in the absence of a 'tourist school', without education, without models. People who are involved in the field of tourism educate the public and must be models for future tourists.
The analysis performed in this paper is intended to illustrate the context in which school education combines the most with tourism through the network of camps dedicated to pupils. This network has the merit of supporting extra-curricular activities, which represent the non-institutionalized way of performing the education process.
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To Cite this Article: Simon, T., Bogan, E., Frent, C., & Barbu, M. (2018). Social Tourism For Children And Young Pupils, In Romania. International Journal Of Academic Research In Environment And Geopgraphy, 5(1), 14–28.
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