Current Information

During the whole 2007 year there were:

47.6 million departures abroad (by 6.4% more than in 2006),

66.2 million arrivals (by 1.7% more).

of which we estimate about 15 mill tourist arrivals (by 4% less).

Here below you can find updated information on tourism and border traffic:

Arrivals by country in 2007
Departures and Arrivals by month
Departures and Arrivals by borders in 2006 and 2007
The Chart on departures in 2003-2007 by month
The Chart on arrivals in 2003-2007 by month
The Chart on monthly changes in Arrivals and Departures by air
Number of tourist trips by Poles in 2002-2007
Some graphs on Inbound tourism in 2006
Numbers of tourists in accommodation by quarters of 2003 - 2007
Estimated numbers of tourist arrivals in 2007.

Inbound traffic to Poland and Polish outbound traffic

Arrivals and departures in 2003-2007 by month

	Departures					Arrivals
	(million of departures registered on borders)					(million of arrivals registered on borders)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
I	2.763	2.617	2.822	3.173	3.680	2.865	3.361	4.239	4.020	4.600
II	2.693	2.710	2.632	2.870	3.390	2.952	3.770	3.912	4.048	4.574
III	2.797	2.572	2.759	3.114	3.470	3.775	4.360	4.757	4.715	5.435
IV	2.796	2.715	3.035	3.510	3.961	3.905	4.984	4.910	5.249	5.464
V	3.444	2.893	3.435	3.689	4.311	4.396	5.058	5.313	5.607	5.859
VI	3.518	3.337	3.417	4.077	4.278	4.565	5.647	5.508	5.713	5.901
VII	4.345	4.195	4.554	4.923	5.152	5.374	6.414	6.705	6.418	6.609
VIII	4.787	4.318	4.827	5.132	5.309	5.574	6.499	6.802	6.534	6.603
IX	3.387	3.336	3.838	4.096	4.339	4.892	5.616	5.906	5.806	5.901
X	2.918	3.077	3.517	3.690	3.719	4.878	6.052	6.346	6.088	5.625
XI	2.679	2.669	3.129	3.205	3.076	4.533	5.067	5.222	5.357	4.672
XII	2.603	2.786	2.875	3.217	2.858	4.421	5.089	4.986	5.559	4.945
Total	38.7	37.2	40.8	44.7	47.6	52.1	61.9	64.6	65.1	66.2

source: Central Statistical Office; Border Guard

Departures and Arrivals by borders in 2007 (.000)

Jan - Dec 2007	Departures	Change	Arrivals	Change
Total	47561.5	6.4%	66207.8	1.7%
EASTERN BORDER	7011.8	-2.2%	11568.4	-4.1%
Russia	723.9	-27.7%	708.5	-18.2%
Lithuania	995.8	20.7%	1847.7	2.1%
Belarus	693.9	-9.6%	4032.4	-2.6%
Ukraine	4598.2	0.5%	4979.8	-5.0%
SOUTHERN BORDER	17762.4	-1.5%	14143.6	-0.3%
Slovakia	5477.3	-11.7%	3278.8	-2.8%
Czech Rep.	12285.1	3.9%	10864.8	0.5%
WESTERN BORDER	16836.1	13.8%	37249.1	3.3%
Sea	586.4	14.3%	362.4	0.8%
Air	5364.8	28.1%	2884.3	18.6%

Departures and Arrivals by borders in 2006 (.000)

	Departures	Change	Arrivals	Change
Total	44695,9	9,4%	65114,9	0,8%
EASTERN BORDER	7169.4	11.4%	12059.0	7.1%
Russia	1001.0	-10.4%	865.6	5.2%
Lithuania	824.9	31.0%	1808.8	11.3%
Belarus	767.8	41.1%	4141.7	6.5%
Ukraine	4575.8	10.5%	5242.9	6.5%
SOUTHERN BORDER	18032.2	3.0%	14188.3	-4.1%
Slovakia	6206.0	24.0%	3374.2	9.3%
Czech Rep.	11826.2	-5.5%	10814.1	-7.7%
WESTERN BORDER	14793.6	8.5%	36076.3	-0.2%
Sea	512.9	6.0%	359.3	-8.9%
Air	4187.9	51.1%	2431.9	21.3%

source: Central Statistical Office; Border Guard

See details:

Graphs on [ Arrivals ] and [ Departures ] by type of borders and month in 2007.

Tables on monthly [ Arrivals ] and [ Departures ] in 2007 and in previous years.

Arrivals by country in 2007 (.000)

	Arrivals in 2007					Change 07/06
	I Q	II Q	III Q	IV Q	Total 2007	I Q	II Q	III Q	IV Q	Total
Total	14609.6	17223.9	19131.9	15242.5	66207.8	14%	4%	2%	-10%	1.7%
Germany	8405.0	9859.6	10975.0	8863.2	38102.7	11%	3%	5%	-8%	2.4%
15 EU (without Germany)	558.7	701.4	890.7	569.8	2720.5	14%	20%	13%	0%	11.9%
UK	99.6	139.8	168.0	140.7	548.1	17%	21%	17%	27%	20.4%
Italy	66.6	86.9	109.7	63.6	326.7	55%	29%	12%	-6%	18.3%
Austria	65.6	91.1	99.9	61.2	317.8	35%	19%	8%	-29%	4.6%
France	50.7	63.8	85.7	57.7	258.0	14%	7%	14%	13%	12.2%
The Netherlands	117.2	74.2	116.9	54.5	362.9	-20%	10%	-5%	-25%	-11.5%
Sweden	36.5	65.4	75.2	44.9	222.0	10%	-3%	3%	-11%	-0.9%
Ireland	19.6	29.7	38.2	31.4	118.8	68%	86%	75%	58%	71.5%
Denmark	33.0	41.5	47.4	27.9	149.9	34%	26%	11%	-18%	11.5%
Spain	18.9	30.9	43.1	25.7	118.5	38%	46%	27%	27%	33.3%
Belgium	23.0	32.2	39.2	20.8	115.2	57%	44%	30%	-14%	26.0%
Portugal	10.9	13.9	26.5	19.6	70.9	113%	65%	119%	78%	93.5%
Finland	13.4	25.5	29.8	13.1	81.8	15%	16%	7%	-13%	6.6%
Greece	3.3	5.1	9.7	7.3	25.4	-43%	-40%	-7%	24%	-16.9%
Luksemburg	0.6	1.3	1.4	1.2	4.5	19%	91%	50%	34%	49.8%
New EU members	2745.5	3552.4	3927.3	2861.2	13086.4	28%	8%	0%	-22%	0.4%
Czech Rep.	1550.5	1987.6	2131.4	1622.5	7292.1	30%	12%	3%	-21%	2.7%
Slovakia	653.6	882.4	938.7	735.2	3209.9	41%	3%	-9%	-31%	-6.2%
Lithuania	305.4	375.2	435.2	275.8	1391.7	0%	0%	-5%	-14%	-4.6%
Latvia	95.9	126.8	180.2	81.8	484.6	29%	31%	25%	-13%	18.3%
Hungary	56.8	72.1	93.1	51.0	273.0	47%	1%	-8%	-10%	1.8%
Estonia	48.1	59.6	87.1	41.3	236.1	28%	47%	34%	-3%	27.2%
Romania	17.1	23.7	31.2	26.9	98.9	-5%	-1%	15%	5%	4.2%
Bulgaria	13.1	18.1	21.4	20.4	73.1	3%	7%	17%	16%	11.3%
Slovenia	4.6	6.5	7.8	5.8	24.8	3%	3%	9%	26%	9.5%
Cyprus	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.2	1.4	-39%	-54%	-24%	6%	-31.6%
Malta	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	-19%	-57%	-15%	16%	-21.9%
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine	2686.6	2744.4	2888.9	2611.7	10931.6	12%	-2%	-9%	-10%	-3.1%
Ukraine	1401.4	1361.2	1386.3	1294.8	5443.8	13%	-2%	-12%	-10%	-3.5%
Belarus	903.3	970.1	1016.2	971.9	3861.4	10%	-1%	-5%	-7%	-1.3%
Russia	381.9	413.0	486.4	345.1	1626.4	10%	-3%	-10%	-15%	-5.6%
Main overseas	75.3	175.8	202.6	113.7	567.5	9%	1%	-9%	20%	1.0%
USA	45.7	105.3	118.8	61.2	331.0	0%	-4%	-16%	10%	-6.4%
Korea South	10.1	20.1	19.3	14.3	63.8	62%	26%	-4%	31%	19.9%
Canada	7.5	25.0	31.4	14.2	78.0	16%	1%	4%	27%	7.8%
Japan	7.5	11.9	14.5	13.6	47.5	15%	4%	5%	51%	16.1%
Australia	4.5	13.6	18.6	10.5	47.2	3%	9%	7%	35%	12.5%
Others	138.5	190.3	247.3	222.9	799.0	29%	23%	22%	41%	28.4%
Norway	23.4	34.3	48.0	36.7	142.4	44%	29%	48%	38%	39.8%
Israel	18.3	14.2	21.6	24.1	78.2	13%	18%	14%	27%	18.0%
Moldova	12.7	14.5	18.9	15.2	61.2	30%	14%	4%	8%	12.1%
Turkey	10.3	12.7	12.9	14.6	50.6	33%	25%	20%	38%	28.7%
Switzerland	9.1	15.1	20.8	13.7	58.7	27%	19%	33%	16%	24.3%
Croatia	7.5	10.7	9.7	9.8	37.7	16%	5%	-1%	7%	5.8%
Kazakhstan	7.9	10.6	15.4	9.0	42.8	16%	9%	-1%	-11%	1.6%
other CIS	4.5	6.0	7.6	5.8	24.0	30%	22%	0%	8%	12.2%
other european	6.7	9.5	10.9	9.3	36.3	58%	38%	35%	14%	32.9%
other overseas	38.2	62.6	81.5	85.0	267.2	31%	28%	25%	98%	43.4%

source: Central Statistical Office

[ Details] on monthly arrivals by country in 2007 and previous years.

Estimated numbers of tourist arrivals

The number of total arrivals is measured by Border Guard, unlike the number of tourist arrivals, which is estimated by Institute of Tourism.
According to our estimates in 2005 there were 15.2 million tourist arrivals (growth by 6.4%); in 2006 – 15.7 mill (+3%).
For 2007 we estimate about 15.0 million tourist arrivals (by 4% less).

source: Estimated by Institute of Tourism

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