Foreigners spent PLN 8.72 bln on shopping in Poland in Q1 - GUS

In Q1 2016, foreigners spent PLN 8.72 billion on goods and services in Poland, that means a 3.8 percent y/y increase, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports. Meanwhile, Poles spent only PLN 3.82 billion abroad (4.7 percent y/y increase). According to the statement, Germans spent the most money (47.6 percent of the total amount). Second place was taken by Ukrainians (18.6 percent). Other nations were Czechs (13.3 percent), Slovakians (9 percent), Belarusians (7 percent), Lithuanians (3.1 percent), and Russians (1.4 percent).