Selected aspects of the organization of tourism and recreation in natural areas with different status of legal protection
Selected aspects of the organization of tourism and recreation in natural areas with different status of legal protection

Summary/Abstract: An important place in the strategy of promoting health of modern societies, especially in the post--pandemic world, is played by orienting recommendations on how to spend free time towardstourism and recreation in the natural environment. The utilitarian nature of this type of activity isassociated with the need to respect legal provisions, relating to the use of statutory forms of natureconservation, as well as non-statutory protection areas. The aim of the study is to characterize thetourist-recreational use in both of the abovementioned types of ecological habitats, and to indicatethe similarities and differences in the conditions of this use, taking into account legally recognizedforms of activity, and the permissible scope of infrastructure investments. Within the statutoryforms of nature protection, the analysis includes national parks, nature reserves, landscape parks,protected landscape areas and NATURA 2000 areas. The characteristics of non-statutory natureareas include forests with special natural values, promotional forest complexes, world biospherereserves, and UNESCO natural heritage areas. The analysis carried out, regardless of the statusof the nature areas, indicates a legislative desire to maintain harmony between human needs andthe ecological stability of the surrounding sub-natural spaces.

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