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 About 5 million foreign tourists spent at least one night in Warsaw last year. The largest group were visitors from the former Soviet Union and Germany. Thanks to Warsaw unique role as the political, commercial, academic and cultural capital of Poland, the dominant group of visitors are businessmen, politicians, scientists and artists. A large number of foreign visitors, those from the East, come to the city to buy and sell goods, while another important group of tourists, mainly from Western Europe, visits Warsaw for pleasure, while on holiday. It is estimated that tourists from abroad spend total of 1 billion dollars annually in Warsaw.
Visitors arriving to Warsaw have at their disposal the following variety of accommodations: 34 hotels, four youth hostels, four campsites and four open camping fields. The hotels can accommodate a total of 16,500 visitors. Most hotels and other types of accommodation are grouped in the centre of the city. Significantly, there is a growing number of hotels in the vicinity of main roads linking Warsaw with other cities and regions. Although the number of hotels is growing with each year, there is still a shortage of two- or three-star facilities in Warsaw.
The City Tourist Information and Promotion Department offers information and help to tourists
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