O festiwalu w kontekście turystyki kulturowej, czyli turystyka eventowa raz jeszcze

The article is an analysis of a festival as a unique form of tourist event and tourist activity aimed at participating in festivals. The first part organizes the scientific terminology regarding ultural events and tourist trips destined at them. After that (in part two), the author positions and broadly describes the phenomenon of the festival, with the cultural events classification in the background. In part three, the most important Polish festivals are presented in six thematic groups, while the closing part briefly describes typical behaviors of festival participants.