Mastercard: Tourist to spend over PLN 3 bln in Warsaw this year

Last year, Warsaw was visited by 1.4 million foreign tourists, which put it at the 105th position of the ranking, between Bogota (Colombia) and Hangzhou (China).

“In the first edition of the ranking (2009), Warsaw was visited by 0.8 million people, therefore the average annual increase in the number of guests is 8.5 percent. The highest growth rate in Europe - after Bucharest (10.7 percent), Lisbon (10.6 percent), Santa Cruz de la Palma (9.3 percent) and Moscow (8.8 percent),” the report said

Foreign tourists in Warsaw usually stay for 1.9 nights. The Polish capital is most often visited by the British (9.8 percent), Germans (8.9 percent) and Americans (8.4 percent).

“We forecast that this year tourists will spend 18.2 percent more in Warsaw than last year when they spent an average of $259 per day. The growth rate of the visitors will be lower and amount to 4.5 percent,” the report added.

The leaders of this year's ranking are Bangkok, London, and Paris respectively.