The beginnings of tourism in the Czech lands fall deep into the 19th century. Group trips of gradually emerging Sokol unions and local unions of Turnverein in areas with a significant share of the German population can be considered its primary organized form. The early development of tourism also took place in South Bohemia, which is very rich in natural beauties and historical monuments. This article focuses on the emergence of spontaneous and subsequently organized tourism carried on by the

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... nhabitants of České Budějovice (Budweis), both in their close and distant surroundings. During the period under review, Budweiser tourism gradually developed into a well-branched and interdependent set of specific and non-specific tourist associations, units and clubs and became one of the most important parts of the local system of physical education and sport. Its hallmark at that time was a relatively balanced dual-national structure, but it did not lead to more significant national excesses despite some competing local national interests.