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In 2007 total receipts from international visits amounted to 10 573 mill USD,
of which 4 834 mill came from tourists and the rest – from same-day visitors.

Analysing the total amount and its growth you've got to consider changes in exchange rates.

The average expenditures of tourists in 2007 amounted to some USD 253 per capita. Daily expenditure per capita averaged at USD 65.

One-day trippers have spent USD 120 per capita, mainly for shopping.

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International tourists´ expenditure in Poland per person (USD)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	203	200	159	137	136	132	114	160	156	167	253
Austria	162	157	139	143	171	151	134	143	154	152	236
Belgium	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	196	162	222	402
Benelux	308	236	180	164	179	180	132	.	.	.	.
Belarus	96	114	91	121	99	116	74	94	92	59	135
Czech Rep.	71	131	127	129	176	146	120	100	112	97	105
France	214	212	197	161	170	182	129	178	169	205	394
Netherlands	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	203	179	228	383
Lithuania	152	142	107	102	111	69	70	106	108	80	147
Germany	246	206	170	141	143	145	124	177	186	191	327
Russia	133	316	156	151	124	88	83	106	85	104	177
Scandinavia	226	202	135	124	128	137	133	147	177	215	384
Slovakia	98	124	115	131	174	150	106	106	116	84	124
Ukraine	170	153	153	115	105	92	76	144	92	134	169
Hungary	.	128	119	146	193	145	119	122	137	129	174
UK	280	245	231	199	203	193	174	191	190	249	346
Italy	.	289	234	174	.	191	145	179	148	146	287
Main overseas*	488	486	384	305	324	302	265	297	327	388	557

Source: survey by The Institute of Tourism
*) USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Korea Rep.

 

Daily expenditure of tourists in Poland (USD)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	36	37	29	25	28	29	24	34	34	42	65
Austria	25	25	24	26	33	33	30	34	43	41	64
Belgium	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	36	29	52	72
Benelux	41	35	27	24	28	30	21	.	.	.	.
Belarus	24	33	32	24	34	38	28	36	32	18	37
Czech Rep.	15	20	20	25	33	29	26	23	29	27	31
France	31	29	29	24	27	31	21	31	28	45	66
Netherlands	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	35	29	46	80
Lithuania	34	36	28	32	32	26	28	43	37	30	28
Germany	39	33	28	24	24	23	20	34	36	44	82
Russia	36	85	32	40	32	28	28	39	33	40	63
Scandinavia	33	30	24	22	24	27	26	30	38	55	77
Slovakia	17	20	20	23	34	31	29	26	31	24	33
Ukraine	37	32	43	24	29	33	24	30	30	53	70
Hungary	.	20	.	26	34	29	27	29	35	30	56
UK	46	37	34	34	26	35	25	30	32	49	61
Italy	.	42	.	27	.	34	31	34	27	34	55
Main overseas*	29	39	28	21	20	23	20	18	24	28	74

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Expenditures of same day visitors in Poland (USD)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	68	52	38	44	41	46	36	60	58	76	120
Germany	84	62	43	53	41	51	45	74	70	82	123
Czech Rep.	32	31	14	14	12	14	14	21	19	39	72
Slovakia	39	28	14	15	12	10	12	24	29	44	97
Ukraine	36	73	84	51	92	95	44	98	78	118	186
Belarus	78	41	45	37	76	77	48	61	57	91	171
Russia	96	34	51	115	75	54	52	68	54	65	63
Lithuania	56	28	44	52	76	63	49	74	70	75	108

Source: survey by The Institute of Tourism

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Receipts from inbound tourism in 1996-2007 (mill USD)

	Total receipts	of which: tourists*	one day visitors
1996	8,400	4,400	4,000
1997	8,700	4,300	4,400
1998	8,000	4,400	3,600
1999	6,100	3,400	2,700
2000	6,100	3,100	3,000
2001	4,800	2,900	1,900
2002	4,490	2,800	1,690
2003	4,070	2,690	1,380
2004	5,785	2,900	2,885
2005	6,230	3,330	2,900
2006	7,187	3,447	3,740
2007	10,573	4,834	5,739

Source: estimation by The Institute of Tourism
*) including payments from abroad registered by the National Bank of Poland

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Exchange rates

Exchange rates of USD and Euro in 2000-2007 (monthly averages)

Source: National Bank of Poland [ http://www.nbp.pl/en/statistics/index.html ]

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