Tourism had a bad year last year

In 2009, the number of guests and guest nights at the commercial accommodations, also decreased by 8 percent, compared to the values of the previous year. The resorts sales at current prices, declined by 10 percent – reports the Central Statistical Office

The accommodation and food services market, is characterized by decline since the end of 2008. In 2009, 3.2 million foreign guests spent 9 million guest nights, at the commercial accommodations.
Among the five main sending countries (Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Italy and Poland), only the number of Austrian guest nights increased, while other countries reduced the number of their visitors.