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The goal of the article is to answer the question: what are the chances of formation tourist and recreational areas in the existing system of spatial planning? The strategic spatial planning documents developed on the national and regional levels are aimed at the stimulation of the economic development of Poland including tourism as one of the main branches of the economy. In the existing legal system the documents that are developed are of generic nature and as such are not helpful in finding particular spatial solutions for the management of tourist and recreational areas. There are no applicable legal regulations laying down what the content of such documents should be, in particular there is no resolution on the scope of the spatial management plan in the voivodeships.