In 2024, the European Union obtained 25.9 percent. worldly influences of international tourism: 15.2 percentage points It came from international tourism between EU countries and 10.7 percentage points from tourists from outside the EU – Eurostat said on Monday.
“If you consider individual EU countries, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Greece, the Netherlands, Croatia and Poland They would be among the countries generating at least 1 percent. global influences from international tourism, “it was emphasized.
In 2023, only 18 countries outside the EU obtained at least 1 percent. global influences from international tourism. The United States had a share of 12.3 percent, which was a much higher result than in other EU countries, and Great Britain had another highest share of 4.8 percent.
EUR 13 billion in Poland's influence
In 2024, Poland was 13th in the influence of European tourism, and in the 10th place in the Union. With revenues of EUR 13.2 billion, we gave way, among others eleventh Croatiawhich earned EUR 15 billion on international tourists. They overtook us in a non -accidental order: Spain (EUR 98 billion). France (71 billion), Turkey (EUR 52 billion), Germany (EUR 37 billion), Portugal (28 billion), Greece (22 billion), the Netherlands (21 billion), Switzerland (20 billion) and the above -mentioned Croatia (15 billion).
The problem is that year -on -year our revenues fell by 5 percent, when in the entire Union they increased by almost 8 percent, including in Spain by 16 %, Turkey by 14 %, and in Portugal by 9 percent. This year, the Polish result may be even worse, because the weather is not good in the summer, and the fact that the golden price is fortified for foreign tourists went up. Signals from Polish tourist towns indicate a much smaller turnout.
According to statistics at 2023 (the latest available in the Eurostat at this level of detail) 89 percent We have influence from foreign tourism from the inhabitants of Europe, 6 percent from Asian tourists, and less than 4 percent from American.
According to UN calculations in 2024. Tourism accounted for 15 percent. our export of services and 3.7 percent our total exports for 2024 in $ 17.6 billion. estimated exports of tourist services last year, $ 15 billion These are strictly tourist revenues, and $ 2.6 billion. These are revenues from the transport of tourists.
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For comparison, Croatia from tourism last year According to UN data, she had 66 percent Services export influences and 35 percent total exports of this country. In the case of Spain, it is 48 percent, respectively. and 17 percent, and Greece 46 percent and 24 percent
Our tourist financial balance weakens
At the same time, we spend more and more on traveling abroad, which slowly weakens the strengthening of the golden “tourist effect” of the payment balance, i.e. the balance of revenues and outflows from tourism. In 2024, Poles spent less than EUR 11 billion on holidays outside their country. It was only the 11th result in the Union, but The increase was as much as 13 percent. rdr.
Germans (EUR 111 billion), French (55 billion) and Italians (EUR 33 billion) spent the most. The Swedi and the Irish people spent more than Poles on foreign trips in 2024, although they are countries with a much smaller population than Poland – Sweden has less than 11 million inhabitants, and Ireland almost 5.5 million.
Per balance in international tourism has been received more than EUR 2.4 billion in Poland. It gives us tenth position in Europe and the ninth in the Union. For natural reasons, the Spaniards (EUR 68 billion in the plus), who spend not much abroad (30 billion euros) (EUR 30 billion), and mainly outside Europe, but a lot of tourists come to them, leaving a lot of money (EUR 98 billion) (EUR 98 billion). In the next places of the economy, the most are: Türkiye (balance of EUR 45 billion), Italy and Portugal (EUR 21 billion each) and Greece (EUR 19 billion).
Our position, however, will not improve. Growing, among others Due to the strong goldenness of foreign trips, and this year's poor visibility of Polish resorts this year will reverse this situation. It is possible that we already have a minus in tourist services, in which we would join the Germans.
According to Eurostat, the most negative balance of foreign tourism services had in 2024. It was Germany and it amounted to as much as EUR -74 billion. At the following places from below in Europe were: Belgians (-16 billion euros) and Norwegians (-10 billion euros).
Author: Jacek Frączyk, Business Insider Polska editor
