Kraków's hotel industry blooming

Despite a drop in number of tourists, investors in the city have not become discouraged. According to Dziennik Polski, a daily newspaper published in Kraków, two Orbis hotels will be developed close to Galeria Krakowska, two in the Rondo Grunwaldzkie area, three Hiltons in the city center and a four-star Pantheon will be erected in the Nowa Huta district. A Best Western chain hotel was recently opened and there were 17 building permits for hotels issued so far this year, while 24 more have been applied for.

Kraków currently has almost 12,000 one-to-five-star hotel beds available. Additional 1,300 beds are offered by hotels in the outlying area, and about 10,000 beds are available through hostels and private lodging.