The end of the incoming tourist boom?

"This is a slight drop of 1%. Nevertheless, service providers living close to the border might be hurt," said Witold Bartosiewicz from the Tourism Institute. According to statistics, an average foreigner spends $100 throughout his stay and thus the losses might top ten million dollars. "Tourism traffic might be negatively affected by the image of Poland abroad, especially for those who would visit Poland for the first time," said Bartoszewicz. For now the Institute forecasts that 16.1 million tourists will visit Poland in 2006, which is 900,000 less than in 2005. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.