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• In the 2006 year there were 65.1 million arrivals (by 1% more than in 2005).
  There is no change in arrivals from Germany. Other, non-adjacent, markets of 15 EU, increased heavily (by 17.6%).
  Inbound from main overseas (USA, Australia, Japan, Korea Rep.,Canada) went up by 9%.
• Number of arrivals by air grew by 21%.
• For 2006 we estimate about 15.7 mill tourist arrivals i.e. overnight stays in Poland (+ 3%).

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  Details on arrivals by month: [ in 2006 and previous years ] 

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Arrivals by groups of countries 2000-2006 (000) and changes (%)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	84514.9	61431.3	50734.6	52129.8	61917.8	64606.1	65114.9
Germany	48902.7	31010.5	23654.7	25456.5	34122.1	37436.3	37192.1
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine	14379.2	13583.9	11939.0	10193.9	9466.2	10528.6	11275.9
15 EU (without Germany)	2110.1	1861.0	1700.3	1681.9	1834.4	2066.4	2430.4
New EU members	18154.4	14101.1	12582.1	13898.6	15465.7	13354.2	12872.0
Other european	224.3	237.1	261.7	276.9	297.9	321.8	372.6
Main overseas*	365.7	340.9	311.1	333.8	405.1	516.8	561.9
Other CIS	214.6	125.7	108.1	112.1	116.9	119.2	118.1
Other overseas	164.0	171.1	177.6	176.0	209.5	262.8	291.9

source: Central Statistical Office
*) USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Korea South.

sources: Institute of Tourism on the basis of CSO data

 Details on arrivals [ in 2006 and previous years ] 

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Estimated numbers of tourist arrivals (.000)

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	19 215	19 410	19 520	18 780	17 950	17 400	15 000	13 980	13 720	14 290	15 200	15 670
Germany	6 690	6 660	6 650	6 700	6 450	5 920	4 400	4 160	4 520	5 230	5 570	5 440
Russia	1 915	1 800	1 600	1 360	1 160	1 140	980	940	790	700	735	710
Belarus	2 150	2 280	2 335	1 730	2 180	2 370	2 080	1 700	1 620	1 460	1 440	1 490
Ukraine	3 100	3 200	3 285	3 180	2 920	3 090	3 080	2 930	2 480	2 340	2 535	2 500
Lithuania	930	985	1 100	1 140	960	850	840	840	825	815	830	895
Latvia	370	390	400	460	410	360	330	320	330	305	270	315
Estonia	285	285	300	340	300	220	190	160	150	130	120	145
Czech Rep.	450	425	360	340	300	250	230	230	240	210	185	165
Slovakia	120	125	90	100	90	90	80	60	80	85	70	70
15 EU (without Germany)	2 030	2 030	2 135	2 255	2 110	2 050	1 805	1 650	1 645	1 790	2 015	2 365
Main overseas*	260	285	310	330	330	360	340	310	330	400	505	550
other CIS	180	220	240	180	150	170	100	90	90	90	90	90
Rest of the world	735	725	715	665	590	530	545	590	620	735	835	935

source: estimation by Institute of Tourism
*) USA, Japan, Korea Rep., Canada, Australia.
Note: The quoted data are approximate. We have no methods to measure the exact number of tourists (foreign visitors spending in Poland at least one night) coming to Poland, especially those arriving from the neighbouring countries.

source: estimation by Institute of Tourism

See a brief information on inbound tourism in 2006