Specific of Polish agritourism in the context of chosen EU countries

Agritourism is one of the most important directions of tourism activities as well as an important element of economic development of rural areas. This article attempts to analyze Polish agritourism development in the context of chosen European countries. This paper examines the historical basis of agritourism development, spatial distribution of agritouristic accommodation, farms offer, associations of rural tourism activities and the impact of local and national policy on development of this form of tourism. This analysis allows to insert the thesis that agritourism in Poland in many ways is on the same level as it was in Western European countries a dozen years ago. Despite of that, Polish agritourism has all to be able to catch up with western pattern in short period of time. The summary of the analysis is regionalization of Poland for opportunities of agritourism development in nearest future.