Abstract
The study of effective approaches to the development of sports tourism is an extremely relevant issue for a number of developed countries, including Kazakhstan. The purpose of this study is to analyse effective means and mechanisms affecting the development of sports tourism in Kazakhstan, in particular, in the context of rock climbing. Based on this, a number of methodological tools were used in the study to investigate all the necessary aspects of the issue. Among them, the following should be highlighted: methodological approaches, namely functional and systemic, the method of analysis and synthesis, comparison, deduction, and generalisation. As for the results obtained in the work, they are quite thorough since they disclose both the theoretical and practical components of the subject under study. Accordingly, the general theoretical concepts that are the basis of the object of study are investigated in the theoretical one, and their properties are also established based on a connection that arises between them. In the practical part, approaches to the development of such a category as sports tourism in Kazakhstan were directly analysed on the example of rock climbing and determining its impact on young citizens. The practical value of the study consists in the possibility of its use for the preparation of plans for the implementation of extracurricular activities in educational institutions and as sources for in-depth consideration of other aspects of the subject under study. In future studies, it would be advisable to identify the factors that most affect the development of physical fitness of school-age children. Keywords: sport, physical development, climbing, special physical training, hiking