11,000 tourist accommodation establishments in Poland.
Te number of tourists during the first five months of 2019 (Jan to May) reached 12.8m (11.8m for the same period in 2018) of which 7.7m were domestic guests and 2.4m were foreign guests.
Te majority of visitors are coming from Germany (6.7m), Ukraine (2m), from Russia and the UK. Tere is also a marked increase in visitors from China, Israel and South Korea.
So does Poland’s growth look set to continue? At the moment it is heading to top of the class. It doubled its GDP over the last two decades and it is now predicted that the Polish economy will the join the G-20 list of those largest in the world by 2022.
Te biggest investment is likely to be infrastructure and the environment, education and digital and technical development. And although there continues to be problems with emigration and an ageing population, on the other side of the coin there is a growing number of immigrants arriving in Poland.
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Between 2010 and 2014 one in 10 people from Poland emigrated to Western Europe. But the Ukrainians and Belarusians have stepped into their shoes and to date the number of immigrants has reached two million mark.
THE GAMBLING MARKET Te Polish gambling law has been in existence
since 1992 and although it has undergone several amendments the most significant happened in 2017 which changed the market quite considerably.
Te amendments brought in several changes including the opening of state-run gambling arcades; the launch of state-run online casinos games, a tightening of the online market to stop unlicensed bookmakers; the introduction of Eurojackpot and online lottery whilst poker tournaments were also permitted.
Te idea was to clamp down on the huge illegal gambling market and increase tax revenues. Big changes - mostly benefiting state run company Totalizator Sportowy.
Gambling in Poland is administered by the Ministry or Finance whilst enforcement is
carried out by the National Revenue Administration (NRA).
Te Gambling Act of 2009 governs the Polish gambling market which defines several types of gambling games permitted and grouped in four categories:
Games of chance – an umbrella term to include games conducted via the internet, number games, cylindrical games (roulette etc), dice games, cash bingo, telebingo, cash lotteries etc.
Betting – totalisator and bookmaking Card games – blackjack, poker, baccarat etc. Slot machines.
For many years the Polish market operated in a largely unregulated arena especially during the 80s and 90s. Te Gambling Act 2009 was introduced by then Prime Minister Donald Tusk and imposed strict rules and gambling.
Te law at the time essentially dealt with the landbased sector and placed strict limits on casinos and banned slots outside of casinos.
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