Selected Determinants of Recreational
and Tourist Activity of the Inhabitants
of Rural Communes of the Pozna ´
n
Metropolis
Beata Kaczor and Maria Zamelska
1 Introduction
Many fields of science have been interested in leisure time and different forms of
leisure activities. The holistic approach to human development, besides the homo
laborans and homo oeconomicus
1 attitude, includes selected forms of leisure activities to give people a feeling of satisfaction and fulfilment and assure good physical
and mental health, but mainly to enable relaxation and free activity, including intellectual activity (Dzwonkowska 2011, p. 23; Truszkowska-Wojtkowiak 2012, p. 8).
Leisure time includes the areas of contemplation, culture, cognitive activity, social
relationships, and participation in recreation and tourism (play, walks, physical recreation, sightseeing tours, etc.) (Veal 1997, pp. 1–2; Pacholski and Słabo´ n 1997, p. 22).
It is a time of consumption, of variable behaviours of recreational character enabling
a person to satisfy their needs in the home’s location or in cultural institutions, service
establishments, and in the natural environment (Cieloch et al. 1992, p. 32). However,
a person’s needs change depending on demographic, spatial, and economic variables.
Every person with some spare time “consumes it” on different activities voluntarily,
according to their own likings or needs that might not be a vital necessity.
1 Homo laborans—realisation of one’s humanity only through professional activity (Poskrobko
2011; Werner 2009), homo oeconomicus—a person pursuing maximalisation of economic gains
(Dopfer 2004).
B. Kaczor (B)
Department of Natural and Cultural Foundations of Tourism, Pozna´ n University of Physical
Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: kaczor@awf.poznan.pl
M. Zamelska
Faculty of Finance and Banking, WSB University in Pozna´ n, Powsta´ nców Wielkopolskich 5,
61-895 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: maria.zamelska@wsb.poznan.pl
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Services, World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59820-4_7
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and Tourist Activity of the Inhabitants
of Rural Communes of the Pozna ´
n
Metropolis
Beata Kaczor and Maria Zamelska
1 Introduction
Many fields of science have been interested in leisure time and different forms of
leisure activities. The holistic approach to human development, besides the homo
laborans and homo oeconomicus
1 attitude, includes selected forms of leisure activities to give people a feeling of satisfaction and fulfilment and assure good physical
and mental health, but mainly to enable relaxation and free activity, including intellectual activity (Dzwonkowska 2011, p. 23; Truszkowska-Wojtkowiak 2012, p. 8).
Leisure time includes the areas of contemplation, culture, cognitive activity, social
relationships, and participation in recreation and tourism (play, walks, physical recreation, sightseeing tours, etc.) (Veal 1997, pp. 1–2; Pacholski and Słabo´ n 1997, p. 22).
It is a time of consumption, of variable behaviours of recreational character enabling
a person to satisfy their needs in the home’s location or in cultural institutions, service
establishments, and in the natural environment (Cieloch et al. 1992, p. 32). However,
a person’s needs change depending on demographic, spatial, and economic variables.
Every person with some spare time “consumes it” on different activities voluntarily,
according to their own likings or needs that might not be a vital necessity.
1 Homo laborans—realisation of one’s humanity only through professional activity (Poskrobko
2011; Werner 2009), homo oeconomicus—a person pursuing maximalisation of economic gains
(Dopfer 2004).
B. Kaczor (B)
Department of Natural and Cultural Foundations of Tourism, Pozna´ n University of Physical
Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: kaczor@awf.poznan.pl
M. Zamelska
Faculty of Finance and Banking, WSB University in Pozna´ n, Powsta´ nców Wielkopolskich 5,
61-895 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: maria.zamelska@wsb.poznan.pl
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer
Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. Lubowiecki-Vikuk et al. (eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development and Leisure
Services, World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59820-4_7
95