More than half a million Czechs spent their vacations this year on the Baltic coast in Poland, marking an increase of 200,000 compared to last year.
“This year, around 550,000 Czechs have visited the Polish Baltic coast, which is roughly 5 percent of the Czech population! That’s nearly twice as many as last year’s record number, and the holiday season isn’t even over yet,” wrote Krzysztof Dębiec, an analyst specializing in Central Europe at the Center for Eastern Studies, on the social media platform X.
“Poland is slowly becoming as popular as Croatia, which attracts between 700,000 and 900,000 Czech visitors,” added Dębiec, who also shared a post from a Czech journalist.
Andreas Papadopulos, a correspondent for Czech television ČT24 in Central Europe, calculated the number of Czechs who have visited Poland in recent years: “In 2023, there were about 350,000, in 2022 around 230,000, and in 2019 ‘only’ 165,000.”
Hoteliers affiliated with the Northern Chamber of Commerce in Szczecin have also confirmed that this year has set a record for the number of Czech tourists on the Polish coast.
“While Poles complain about the weather, Czechs find the climate here more pleasant than in dry Spain. For us, Polish beaches are nothing special, but Czech tourists are impressed by their width and sandy expanses. Moreover, there are no hotel-owned areas monopolized by rental sunbeds. Our hotel facilities are also highly praised,” said Hanna Mojsiuk, President of the Northern Chamber of Commerce in Szczecin, in an interview with RMF FM.
Czechs are visiting Poland both individually and in organized groups. Interest in the Polish coast among Czech tourists has grown by 25 percent to as much as 40 percent in some hotels compared to the previous year.
In July, the Czech internet portal Seznam Zpravy published an extensive article about the attractions awaiting visitors to the Polish Baltic Sea coast. Journalists were particularly impressed by the Hel Peninsula, “with its 35-kilometer sandy spit,” and the Tri-City (Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia) area.
