Foreigners spent over PLN 19 bln on shopping in Poland in H1 - GUS

In H1 2016, non-resident foreigners spent PLN 19.1 billion on goods and services in Poland, that means a 4.5 percent y/y increase, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports. Meanwhile, Poles spent only PLN 8.4 billion abroad (2.6 percent y/y growth). The average foreigner in Poland wasted PLN 480, while the average Pole traveling abroad spent PLN 337. According to the statement, Germans spent the most money (48 percent of the total amount). Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians together accounted for under 28 percent. Other nations were Czechs, Slovakians and Lithuanians.