Tourist routes got shorter in 2017 - GUS

The total length of tourist routes was reduced to 78,078 km in 2017 from 79,092 km a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The longest routes, with 9,354 km in total, are in Małopolskie voivodship. On the other hand, tourist routes in Opolskie voivodship reached only the total length of 1,530 km. Among the longest routes, GUS mentioned lowland hiking trails (39,400 km), biking trails (19,800 km) and mountain hiking tracks (11,300 km). Kayak and ski trails were the shortest, and their length was respectively about 1,000 km and 500 km in 2017.