W poszukiwaniu idei rozwoju turystyki; „przeszłość – przyszłości”

Abstract

Motto of “Past for Future” is displayed at the doorway to the first Polish museum which was established in Puławy in 1801. Reflexion on the sense and actuality of those words caused the need of discussion on the following subjects: 1) Merits of prominent personalities’ towards idea of cognition of homeland during the repartition times; 2) Popularization of tourism through activities of tourism associations; 3) Instance of tourism development in 21st century. Personalities presented in the article joined old and new times; that was a guarantee of continuation of the ideas among generations. There were 200 thousand young tourists educated at schools in 1918-39. After 1950 the main role played the PTTK. This organization had 767.9 thousand members in 1979 and 10.9 million participants of its excursions and events. The Author proposes the following main ideas of tourism development in 21st century: 1) Continuance of the substance of tourism which is the sightseeing value presented in accordance with the goals of the heritage interpretation; 2) Ecologization of mass tourism and development of ecotourism within PTTK.