In 2023, the most significant percentage of surveyed Poles spent at least a two-day vacation in the Pomeranian and Malopolskie voivodeships.

In 2023, 61 percent of Poles went on at least two-day vacations away from their permanent residence, an increase of seven percentage points from the previous year.

In 2019, Poland recorded about 35.7 mil, the highest number of arrivals at tourist accommodation in Poland in the observed period. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of tourist arrivals decreased to 17.9 million. In 2022, their number increased to 34.2 million.

Tourism in Poland  The collapse of communism in Poland started a period of tourism development for the country. From this moment Poland became a tourist destination on the travel map of Europe. Its greatest development however has taken place since Poland's accession into the European Union. Openness to the European market has sped up the development of tourism and the hotel industry in Poland. The country lacks some of the values preferred by most tourists to become the tourist center of the region (e.g. lack of warm sea). However, globalization of the Polish economy creates a favorable environment that generates conditions for participation in international tourism and recreation. This is a positive trend that affects the growth of interest in tourism in Poland. Travel expenses have also become an important part of the Polish household budget. In 2019, overall spending on outbound and domestic travel reached its highest value since 2012.

The development of the Polish tourism and recreation market is related to the participation of foreign visitors. Their number is growing every year, coming mainly from other European countries. The opening of borders within the EU created an advantage for tourism in Poland as it opened the country up to a wider international market. Not only was the quality of their tourist offering noticed but also their competitive prices, which made it an increasingly popular destination among foreigners.  The development of tourism is not only confirmed by the growing number of tourist arrivals but also by the growing number of recreational, health, wellness and spa visits. The increase in tourist traffic and travel expenditure shows that Poland is an attractive place for family, social and shopping visits, by residents and foreign visitors alike.

 Hotel capacity in Poland Over the last few years, the Polish hotel market has maintained a very good economic situation. Year by year, statistics on the number of Polish and foreign tourists and the hotel room occupancy rate confirmed that Poland is a good choice for investors. It is not without reason that the number of hotels and available bedrooms is growing steadily in comparison with previous years.

Key information about Poland Visitor Arrivals

• Poland Visitor Arrivals recorded 18,986,700 person in Dec 2023, compared with 15,947,700 person in the previous year
• Poland Visitor Arrivals data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2023
• The data reached an all-time high of 89,118,000 person in Dec 1999 and a record low of 8,418,000 person in Dec 2020

The number of international tourist arrivals in Poland was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 9.8 million arrivals (+11.86 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the arrivals is estimated to reach 92.36 million arrivals and therefore a new peak in 2029. Depicted is the number of inbound international tourists. According to World Bank this refers to tourists travelling to a country which is not their usual residence, whereby the main purpose is not work related and the planned visitation period does not exceed 12 months. The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of international tourist arrivals in countries like Hungary and Czechia.

Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 17,471,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 16,728,000.000 Person for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 15,435,000.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19,520,000.000 Person in 1997 and a record low of 11,890,000.000 Person in 2009. Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Departures data was reported at 44,500,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 44,300,000.000 Person for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Departures data is updated yearly, averaging 44,704,500.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56,677,000.000 Person in 2000 and a record low of 35,400,000.000 Person in 2014. Poland PL: International Tourism: Number of Departures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

In 2023, Poles were most likely to spend seven days away (modal). The average number of days spent away from home on leisure amounted to about 15 days in total.

Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 3.791 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.847 % for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 5.036 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.339 % in 1995 and a record low of 3.753 % in 2011. Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.; Weighted average;

Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 4.896 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.809 % for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 6.660 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.493 % in 1996 and a record low of 4.809 % in 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.; Weighted average;

In the observed period, half of the Poles surveyed planned to spend vacation only in Poland, while about every third of respondents planned to go on vacation partly in Poland and partly abroad. In 2024, 13 percent of Poles planned to spend their vacations abroad.

Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 7.984 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.939 USD bn for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 6.731 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.904 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of 3.085 USD bn in 2003. Poland PL: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 10.977 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.474 USD bn for 2015. Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 8.562 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.847 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 4.069 USD bn in 2003. Poland PL: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Poland – Table PL.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Key information about Poland Tourism Revenue

• Poland's Tourism Revenue reached 8 USD bn in Dec 2020, compared with 16 USD bn in the previous year
• Poland's Tourism Revenue data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2020
• The data reached an all-time high of 15,712 USD mn in Dec 2019 and a record low of 4,733 USD mn in Dec 2003

Real government individual travel and tourism spending of Poland went up by 3.60% from 0.4 billion US dollars in 2018 to 0.4 billion US dollars in 2019. Since the 0.54% downward trend in 2011, real government individual travel and tourism spending rocketed by 29.12% in 2019. US dollar billion, expressed at 2011 prices and exchange rates. This series excludes the effect of price changes and therefore allows for real (volume) changes to be determined.

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Key information about Poland Tourism Revenue Growth

• Poland Tourism Revenue dropped 46.7 % YoY in Dec 2020, compared with an increase of 0.9 % YoY in the previous year
• Poland Tourism Revenue Growth rate data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2020
• The data reached an all-time high of 43.9 % in Dec 2007 and a record low of -46.7 % in Dec 2020

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Key information about Poland Visitor Arrivals

• Poland Visitor Arrivals grew 19.1 % in Dec 2023, compared with an increase of 64.0 % in the previous year
• Poland Visitor Arrivals Growth rate data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1996 to Dec 2023
• The data reached an all-time high of 64.0 % in Dec 2022 and a record low of -60.2 % in Dec 2020

• In the latest reports, Poland Visitor Arrivals recorded 18,986,700.0 person in the year of Dec 2023
• Tourism Revenue of Poland reached 8.4 USD bn in Dec 2020, an increase of 47.6 % change from the previous year

International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) in Poland was reported at 345000000 USD in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Poland - International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.