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Polish language requires time and application to be mastered.
Meanwhile a precious tool that will help you to surf the sources in Polish is the TWRP browser extension, available for Firefox and other browsers: TWP for Firefox. You can search of course the same or similar extension for other browsers.
Once you have installed the extension you will be able to translate entire webpages with one click and that will give you access to all the news and administration websites you need.
Forget the mainstream media in Poland, they are all heavily biased and mostly organs of propaganda for the usual subjects you should have learned to classify by yourselves long ago.
Worth noticing because a bit off the beaten path are:
https://medianarodowe.com/ conservative point of view and alternative
https://www.pap.pl/en Polish press agency, mainstream but at least not sencond hand
https://banbye.com/tags/wRealu24 The alternative media Polish reaction to Big Tech censorship
If you really want to go rogue, mainstream "public enemy" number one podium is currently assigned to the politician https://www.grzegorzbraun.pl/
Independent journalist https://sumlinski.pl/ is also rogue enough food for thought.
The Polish Statistical Office is also a precious source that will help you to develop a deeper understanding of Poland
25,983 foreigners study in Warsaw. They mainly prefer private universities (17,847). There are 8,136 of them at public universities. They came from 103 countries (min. 3 students). Most foreign students study at the Vistula University of Finance and Business (4,923), the University of Economics and Humanities (2,773), the University of Warsaw (2,645) and the Warsaw University of Technology (1,736). At Warsaw universities, the most popular fields of study among foreigners are management (6,113), computer science ( 3263), finance and accounting (1363) and international relations (1152).
The most internationalized university is the University of Warsaw - students come from 72 countries (min. 3 people). Next is the Vistula University of Finance and Business (70), the Warsaw University of Technology (56) and the University of Economics and Humanities (42).
Wages and salaries
The average monthly gross wages and salaries in the enterprise sector in November 2023
amounted to PLN 9,057.69 and were by 2.0% lower as compared to the previous month and by
11.4% higher than in the corresponding period of 2022.
Compared to October 2023, a decrease in the average gross wages and salaries was recorded
in the following sections: construction (by 10.7%), transportation and storage (by 9.0%),
trade, repair of motor vehicles (by 0.5%).
Whereas an increase in the average gross wages and salaries was recorded in the sections:
accommodation and catering (by 2.6%), administrative and support service activities (by
1.5%), industry (by 1.1%), information and communication (by 0.9%), professional, scientific
and technical activities as well as real estate activities (by 0.3% each).
Compared to November 2022, an increase in the average gross wages and salaries was rec-
orded in the sections: transportation and storage (by 17.5%), administrative and support ser-
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vice activities (by 15.8%), accommodation and catering (by 14.6%), industry (by 12.1%), infor-
mation and communication (by 10.5%), trade; repair of motor vehicles (by 10.1%), profes-
sional, scientific and technical activities (by 8.1%), real estate activities (by 7.7%).
On the other hand, a decrease in the average gross wages and salaries occurred in the con-
struction section (by 3.5%).
2019
As of 31st July 2019, there were 192 tourist accommodation establishments in Warsaw capital
city, including 190 open all year. During the year, the number of accommodation facilities
increased by 3.2% (by 6 facilities).
The accommodation establishments consisted of 124 hotels and similar facilities (hotels,
motels, boarding houses and other hotel facilities) as well as 68 other facilities. The most
numerous group among hotels and similar facilities , as in previous years, were hotels – 98
facilities (4.3% more than in 2018). Among the other facilities, the mostnumerous were hos-
tels– 25 (as in the previous year)
In 2019, 3807.5 thousand persons stayed in tourist accommodation establishments, of which
1359.0 thousand (i.e. 35.7%) were foreign tourists. Compared to 2018, there was an increase in the
total number of tourists by 4.4% and a small decrease in the number of foreign tourists by 0.4%.
As in the previous year, tourists most often stayed in hotels which received 3345.7 thousand per-
sons (i.e. 87.9% of the total tourists accommodated). There were 1236.9 thousand foreign tourists
among hotel guests.
The majority of foreign tourists visiting the capital came from Europe – 887.1 thousand (by 4.1%
less than in the previous year). Warsaw capital city was also visited by: 228.8 thousand tourists
from Asia (by 2.2% more than in 2018); 157.2 thousand from North America (by 8.8% more); 15.1
thousand from Latin America and the Caribbean (by 5.2% more); 12.0 thousand from Oceania
(by 6.2% less) and 7.2 thousand tourists from Africa (by 4.5% more).
Tourism in Warsaw capital city in 2019
2022
On 31 July 2022, there were 170 tourist accommodation facilities in m.st. Warszawa, of which
169 were open all year. During the year, the number of accommodation establishments de-
creased by 3.
The tourist accommodation establishments consisted of 126 hotels and similar facilities (ho-
tels, motels, boarding houses and other hotel facilities) as well as 44 other facilities2. The
largest group among hotels and similar facilities, as in previous years, were hotels – 101 fa-
cilities (by 1 more than in 2021). Among other facilities, the most numerous were hostels – 17
(as in the previous year).
In 2022, 4,268.4 thousand tourists stayed in tourist accommodation establishments, of which
1,269.3 thousand (i.e. 29.7%) foreign tourists, and compared to 2021, it was more than two times
and almost three times more, respectively.
As in the previous year, tourists most often stayed in hotels which hosted 3,816.5 thousand per-
sons (i.e. 89.4% of the total number of tourists accommodated). There were 1,152.0 thousand for-
eign tourists among the hotel guests (30.2%).
Among foreign tourists, the largest number came from Ukraine – 242.2 thousand (19.1% of the
total number of foreign tourists arriving in the capital), the United States – 155.7 thousand
(12.3%) and Germany – 110.0 thousand (8.7%).
Tourism in Warsaw capital city in 2022
