Organizational-Legal Conditioning of Tourist Economy Functioning in Poland

Abstract

In many countries tourism is treated as one of the whole economy development stim-uli. Development of tourist economy contributes to producing gross domestic product (PKB) to a considerable degree and it gives about 9% of all workplace. Such an essential influence of tourist economy on general economic condition of particular countries contributes to the fact that governments are forced to take this sphere into definite organizational-legal frames. This article shows a model of tourist economy management in Poland, elaborated after the year 2000, when Polish Tourist Organization was created. The author characterizes institutions and organizations existing within Poland, whose activity has a considerable influence on function-ing Polish tourist economy. He also discuses the most important legal acts relating tourism.