Warsaw, Poland

Faculty of Tourism and Recreation

Wydział Turystyki i Rekreacji

Subject area: physical education, tourism, services
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun".
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
Recreation
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.
L. P. Jacks, Education through Recreation (1932), p. 1
Recreation
Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.
Gautama Buddha, Digha Nikaya, M. Walshe, trans. (1987), Sutta 1 (Brahmajala Sutta), verse 1.13
Tourism
An important feature of Indian tourism industry is its contribution to national integration and preservation of natural as well as cultural environments and enrichment of the social and cultural lives of people. Over 382 million domestic tourists visiting different parts of the country every year return with a better understanding of the people living in different regions of the country. They have a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of India. It also encourages preservation of monuments and heritage properties and helps the survival of art forms, crafts and culture.
In: p. 81-82

Contact:

Stokłosy 3 street
02-787 Warsaw
Phone: (48 22) 45 72 300
Why should you study with us?

Do you want to find your future employment in the field of travel, adventure, recreation, business tourism or working in the tourist services industry?


At the Faculty of Tourism and Recreation you will gain knowledge of business organisation, marketing, law, human resources management and guiding; you will also gain the skills necessary to organise conferences or business trips. You will participate in training camps of qualified tourism. The university has its own tourist resort "Mazur" at "Święcajty" lake ".


You will be able to use the skills acquired during your studies, in practice, by participating in international conferences organised by the Scientific Association of Tourism.


As the specialist programmes at the Faculty of Tourism and Recreation have been developed in close cooperation with our business partners they are tailored to the needs of the market. Consequently, you will be able to take advantage of the diverse range of internships offered in the companies managed by the University's business partners.

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