In 2010, shopping-oriented tourism rose significantly in Poland

The current year is extremely difficult for the Polish industry and has been marked by negative events, influencing the branch's companies. After unusual events this Spring, when the presidential airplane crashed in Smolensk, a lot of VIPs did not make it to President Lech Kaczynski's funeral, as volcanic eruption took place in Island. The volcanic ash paralysed air transport in the whole of Europe then. The culmination of the negative events were the floods in May and June, which afflicted mainly southern regions of Poland, where the majority of tourist attractions are located. In addition, the industry faced another blow, when Greece, one of the most popular destinations for summer holidays, was facing bankruptcy.
Still, in H1/2010, the tourism industry improved its results in annual terms. About 19.5mn visits abroad were posted (up by 10% y/y). At the same time, Poland was visited by 28m. foreigners (up by 9% y/y). The number of arrivals amounted to about 5.5m. (up by 4%). Invariably, official trips and sightseeing journeys prevail. In 2010, shopping-oriented tourism rose significantly.
The second half of the year brought further improvement and the most important period in the industry was met by more calm and with enterprises' hopes of making up for earlier losses. Companies achieved success in the summer period, despite some travel offices' bankruptcies, and major tourist companies posted better results in Q3/2010.
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