Tourist activity among people with disabilities

Ever greater numbers of people with disabilities feel the need to spend time actively, travel or just leave the house.The inner need alone is not, of course, the only condition for the occurrence of tourist activity. One prerequisiteis associated with access to information, and the other is the elimination of barriers at an architectural or sociallevel. Tourism is one of the most pleasant and diverse forms of rehabilitation, which fulfils many functions in thelife of a disabled person with a medical, biological, social or stimulating character. When engaging in tourism,people with disabilities take up the challenge of overcoming their own limitations on both physical and mentallevels. The aim of the article is to identify the functions of tourist activity in the lives of people with disabilities.