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22nd May 2009

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Visitor numbers to Poland continue to decline, according to statistics from the Institute of Tourism.

Foreign visitor numbers were down 12% y-o-y at 11.8 million in the first quarter of 2009, a smaller decline than Q4 2008. Poland saw a 20%+ drop year-on-year in visitors from US, Germany, Italy and Sweden. On a positive note, visitors from new EU member countries posted a 25% increase.

The Central Office of Statistics (GUS) has reported that wages are increasing despite rising unemployment. Industrial output is 10 percent lower than in April last year. "The faster wages stop growing, the higher likelihood that fewer people will lose their job this year," Janusz Jankowiak, chief economi ...

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