Poland shown as world's No.12 tourist destination
According to a report drawn up by the Institute of Tourism (IT), the number
of foreign tourists visiting Poland last year was 3.1% lower than in 1999.
However, despite the fall in numbers, tourism revenues, at $6.1 billion,
remained at the same level. A total of 84.5 million people were registered
by the country's immigration service as entering the country for tourism
purposes in 2000, making Poland the twelfth most visited country in the
world. On average, a foreign tourist spent between $21 and $40 a day, or
$137 per trip. According to Gwidon Wojcik, president of the Polish Tourism
Association (POT), the most common complaints of visitors to Poland relate
to high costs, safety, transport problems, sanitation, and the standard of
service. (Puls Biznesu, p. 18) P.W.
