In this study the topic of pioneering form of the cosmic tourism is described. The effect of this kind of travel on human being is discussed. The attention is also paid to the complexity of the man’s body structure. The main directions of the development of the cosmic tourism are introduced and a few facts from the history of the conquest of space are reminded, and also there are considerations to this topic. The study consists of four chapters. In the first part the cosmic tourism is described. In the second selected elements of body structure and human body function are introduced, also its complex character and basic regulating mechanisms. A confrontation of human body possibilities with factors present during the flight to space is touched up, e.g. on G-force and weightlessness. A problem of the astronaut’s sleep is described, as well. Then, the results of the poll carried out in the topic of an interest of flight in space are introduced. Furthermore, the problem of life’s risk during flight in space is touched up as compared to extreme sports. At the end, words of the only Pole, so far, in the outer space about the cosmic tourism are quoted.
The main purpose of work is to determine preferred ways of spending leisure time that can be classified as tourism and recreation in two groups of people: students of the Master programme in tourism and recreation at the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Szczecin and reception employees of hotels located in Szczecin. The group of respondents consisted of 100 students and 100 hotel employees. In each group, women is 60% and men 40%. The study was conducted as a diagnostic poll, and differences between the groups were tested for statistical significance (a χ2 NW test for p ≤ 0.05) and strength of dependence (Czuprow convergence coefficient Txy< 0;1). It was found that both groups differed in their attitudes to the practice of tourism and recreation, despite being involved in the same discipline (tourism and recreation). The difference was due to the specific requirements and limitations imposed by each group’s specific activity, i.e. education (students) and work (hotel employees). The highest differences in determinants and forms of spending leisure time that can be classified as tourism and recreation were observed between female students and hotel employees, and male students and hotel employees.