This year, interest in holiday trips has fallen by 38% compared to the same period last year, reports the portal Nocowanie.pl. One in four Polish tourists is planning to go away for a week this holiday, and 3% for a fortnight.

Data from the Polish Tourist Organisation shows that 71% of Poles planned to spend their holidays in the country this year. The information points to a large and growing decline in interest in holiday travel among Poles. Currently, the decline has reached 38% compared to the same period last year, with 21% at the end of May and 32% in mid-June.

The head of the Nocowanie.pl portal Tomasz Zaniewski said that the number of accommodation searches for July is now a third less than in the same period last year, and for August by more than half less. The average cost of accommodation per person is at least a dozen % higher than a year ago.

With the rising prices of transport, food and accommodation itself, a lot of tourists are probably delaying their decision to go or are counting on finding cheaper offers at the last minute,” noted Zaniewski. A frequent reaction to the rising cost of holidays is also the shortening of a planned holiday.

The website’s data shows that almost one-quarter of tourists are planning to leave for seven days, with only 3% looking for accommodation for a 14-day stay. More than one-third of tourists would like to spend their holidays in a rented cottage, with the same number looking for accommodation or a room. Apartments are the third most popular, with 13% of enquiries.

Invariably, holidays at the seaside are the most popular. A total of 70% of all queries for available accommodation in the West Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships, with Władysławowo being the most frequently searched locality.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński