Foreigners from outside EU spend 11.4% more in Poland

Foreigners from outside the EU spend some PLN 2.3 billion on goods and services in Poland in the second quarter of 2014, according to data published by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) on Thursday. The figure grew by 11.4 percent quarter-on-quarter. At the same time, Poles crossing the same border spend PLN 202.8 million on goods and services abroad, 11.9 percent more than in Q1 2014. All foreigners spent PLN 8.7 billion in Poland in Q2, which is 12.7 percent more than in the first three months of this year, GUS also said.