Walory przyrodnicze regionu w kształtowaniu jakości życia – na przykładzie województwa podlaskiego

High level of quality of citizens’ life in a given region is a condition of citizens’ and visitors’ satisfaction and it influences on the socio-economic development in a given area. In the first part of the study the author carried out the analyses of theoretical aspects of quality of life. The second part of the article relates to the analysis of the factors which influence on the level of the citizens’ of the Podlaskie Voivodship and tourists’ visiting this region life. The analysis is based among others on the investigations of Eurostat, Social Diagnosis in Poland and on the author’s own investigations mainly relating to the natural values determining the development of quality of life in the Podlaskie Voivodship