- PTTK
Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze (Polish Tourist-Sightseeing Society, Polish Tourist Country-Lovers' Society) is a Polish non-governmental
tourist society . It is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe, founded in 1950 from the merger of thePolish Tatry Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzańskie) (1873) andPolish Sightseeing Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Krajoznawcze) (1906). It plans and markstourist trail s in Poland (as well as cycling, horse and river trails). It also has a network of tourist hotels and camps, museum, libraries and runs several courses and workshops; it trains and recognizes travel guides. It publishes various maps and guidebooks. It has over 80,000 members.It is a member of international organizations:
Alliance Internationale de Tourisme ,Naturfreunde Internationale ,Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe andConfédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques .External links
* [http://english.pttk.pl/ English homepage]
*pl icon [http://www.pttk.pl/ Polish homepage]
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