The Park encompasses a part of the Zaborski Landscape Park that was stablished in 1990 to protect the outstanding natural and cultural features of the southern part of Kaszuby, the Land of Zaborow (Ziemia Zaborowska).

Bory Tucholskie National Park is also known as a tourist attraction due to a great number buildings (mostly cottages) typical for Kaszuby region. Local inhabitants have preserved many of their customs and traditions until the present times. Main tourist centres of Bory Tucholskie are located on Charzykowskie Lake, in close proximity of the Park borders.