Poland in world TOP20 most visited countries

Poland was ranked 18th in the TOP20 most visited countries in the world and 11th in Europe, the Polish Tourism Organization (POT) informed. Throughout the last 15 years, 220 million tourists have visited Poland. In 2014 alone, Poland was visited by 16 million foreigners. "In years 2013-2014, the growthof visits  stood at 1.3 percent, and this year promises to be significantly better," said rafał Szmytke, the president of POT. The tourism sector generates over 5 percent of  Polish GDP, POT stressed. Our country is visited mostly by  Germans,  Czechs,  Slovaks and  Belarusians.