Travel

Industry

In 2020, international travel, together with transport and other services, had the largest impact on the volume of Polish services exports. In the same year, exports of the industry accounted for 11.6% of Polish services exports, and Poland’s main partners in terms of the value of services exported were Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

2020 was an exceptional year due to the previously absent decrease in revenue from foreign travel expenditures. The decrease was as much as PLN 21.8 billion. This situation was a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Industry definition

The industry is coded SD according to the BPM6 classification. The industry includes lodging, food services, local transportation services, and other tourism-related services.

Export Intelligence reports for the industry

Below you will find key industry information extracted from Export Intelligence, an information system from the Ministry of Development and Technology that aggregates data based on several thousand macroeconomic indicators on trade relations between countries and the overall health of economies.

Value of industry exports from Poland [EUR]

2018

2019

2020

11 769,6 Increase of 6% to 2017

12 252,7 Increase of 4% to 2018

6 812,4 Decrease by -44% to 2019

source: Eurostat, Comext

Forecast of export value of the industry from Poland in 5 years

Pessimistic variant

Basic variant

Optimistic variant

source: Export Intelligence system forecasts

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