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In 2006 the number of all departures increased to 44 696 thous. (by 9.4% more than in 2005);
the number of tourist trips went up to 7.3 mill.

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Tourist trips by target country (in mill.)

rok	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Germany	2.8	2.6	3.6	2.5	2.65	2.6	2.3	1.85	2.75
UK	0.3	0.2	0.25	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.2	0.3	0.6
Czech Rep.	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.55	0.5	0.55
The Netherlands	0.15	0.15	0.3	0.2	0.45	0.25	0.15	0.25	0.55
Italy	0.9	0.8	1	0.6	0.45	0.55	0.5	0.55	0.45
Slovakia	0.65	0.5	0.65	0.8	0.55	0.5	0.55	0.5	0.35
Austria	0.55	0.5	0.45	0.5	0.4	0.45	0.35	0.35	0.3
Croatia	.	.	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.25	0.25
France	0.65	0.5	0.75	0.5	0.55	0.35	0.2	0.3	0.2
Hungary	0.2	0.3	0.25	0.45	0.35	0.25	0.1	0.15	0.2
Ukraine	.	.	0.15	0.15	0.35	0.25	0.2	0.25	0.15
Lithuania	.	.	0.1	0.1	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.15
Sweden	0.15	0.1	0.25	0.25	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.15
Egypt	.	.	.	.	.	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.15
Tunisia	.	0.1	.	.	0.1	0.1	.	.	0.15
Belgium	0.15	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.15	0.15	0.2	0.15	0.1
Greece	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.25	0.55	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.1
Spain	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.1
USA	.	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	.	0.1	0.1	0.1
Turjey	.	.	.	.	0.1	.	.	0.1	0.1
Ireland	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.1
Bulgaria	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.1	.
Russia	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	0.1	.	.
Denmark	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	.	.	.
Norway	.	0.1	.	.	0.1	.	.	.	.
Total number of tourist trips*	7.6	7.5	9.6	7.7	8.4	7.2	6.3	6.2	7.3

Source: survey by the Institute of Tourism
*) including trips of children up to 14 years;
please note that the number of trips refers only to tourist trips and thus does not comprise any trips connected with searching for or doing jobs in visited countries.

All data are approximate. Some tourists visited more than one country during their travels, therefore, the number of visits to a given country may exceed the number of departures.

For example, departures for Germany are very frequent, but a great number of them are linked with further travelling to other countries of Western Europe. Similarly, Polish nationals travelling to Southern and South - Western Europe usually go through the Czech and Slovak Republics.

[ See number of tourist trips by month ]

Since 2000, the seperate survey (carried out at borders) on travels abroad has been abandoned; now we are collecting information on that issue from the survey on participation on tourism, conducted in respondents' homes. Due to different method, the new results are not comparable.
Previous results have been removed to the archive.