Tourists spent over €12.9 billion in Poland in 2015

More than 840 museum, 122 landscape parks, 23 national parks and 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Poland attracted numerous tourists, making 2015 a successful year for tourism in the country. According to the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland, international tourists spent about €12.9 billion in Poland, which is up €2.1 billion from the previous year. The majority of people traveling to Poland were Germans (2.1 million), Czechs (0.9 million), Ukrainians (0.8 million), French (0.4 million) and Turkish (0.4 million). Recently, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported that foreigners spent approximately PLN 37.7 billion on goods and services in Poland (6.4 percent y/y increase).