The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Travel Plans of Polish Tourists in 2020

Bartosz Korinth

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.6585

Published : 2020-12-30

Vol. 32 No. 4 (2020)

The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Travel Plans of Polish Tourists in 2020

Bartosz Korinth

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.6585

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse foreign travel plans of Polish tourists in 2020 and how they were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is based on information collected through an online survey involving 355 respondents. The survey was anonymous and consisted of 6 questions. It was found that the outbreak of the pandemic significantly changed foreign travel plans of Poles in the analysed period. Only a third of the respondents said they were planning a tourist or recreational trip abroad. There was much less interest in countries like Turkey, Egypt or Tunisia, in favour of European countries, mainly those located in the Mediterranean area, such as Spain and Italy. The study has also shown that domestic tourism can be expected to increase, as indicated by data collected by the Polish Chamber of Tourism. (original abstract)

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COVID-19, Tourism, Touristic travel, Questionnaire survey

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Korinth, B. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Travel Plans of Polish Tourists in 2020. Studia Periegetica, 32(4), 59–69. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.6585

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