Foreigners spent PLN 38 bln on shopping in Poland

In 2015, foreigners spent PLN 37.7 billion on goods and services in Poland, that means a 6.4 percent y/y increase, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports. Meanwhile, Poles spent only PLN 18.6 billion abroad (2.7 percent y/y increase). According to the statement, Germans spent the most money (40.3 percent of the total amount). Second place was taken by Ukraine (27.1 percent). Other nations were Czechs (11.2 percent), Belarusians (7.9 percent), Slovakians (7.2 percent), Lithuanians (4.4 percent), and Russians (1.9 percent).