Family as a determinant of tourist activity of students of the University of Lviv

The research presented in this paper is a continuation of a research project whose aim is to observe the phenomenon of tourist activity of young people, with particular emphasis on young people studying both in the largest Polish academic centers and Ukrainian centers. These studies focus on the search and an analysis of factors determining participation in tourism for academic youth. Of the many groups of factors determining the phenomenon studied, the present article focuses only on the analysis of one factor from the group of social determinants, which is the family. This factor, during research conducted in Poland, was most often accented. It was decided for the purpose of this work to concentrate on such variables as: the frequency of tourist trips in the past with parents, a possibility of participation in preparations for family trips, parents' education and their social position, and the material status of the respondent's family. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of the family and its selected features on the level of tourism activity of students of the University of Lviv. The research was conducted in 2018 using quantitative and qualitative methods among 215 students selected in a random and purposeful manner, including all faculties of the University.