Restaurant and hotel market in Poland
Restaurant and hotel market in Poland

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the development of restaurant and hotel market in Poland. Despite the decreasing totalnumber of catering establishments, the number of restaurants in 2013 increased by 98.8% compared to 2000.The data of CSO shows that the highest concentration of restaurants was in Mazowieckie voivodship, wherethere were 1209 in 2013, which accounted for 22.96% of all restaurants in Poland. The sector is growing and attractingnew investments and good future perspectives are foreseen. Restaurants constitute the most lucrativesegment of the catering market, generating almost 60% of the sector’s aggregated values. Analysts forecastfurther expansion of restaurant facilities in shopping malls, city centers, high streets and along important communicationroutes. Also we can observe a sustainable increase in the number of hotels operating in Poland.At the end of 2013 there were 2107 hotels with a total capacity of 1,058,000 rooms. Their number had increasedin 2013 compared to 2000 by 128.03%, until it reached the number of 2107 hotels in 2013 compared to 924 hotelsin 2000. The distribution of hotel facilities on the map of Poland is not regular. Considering the number ofexisting hotels, Małopolskie voivodship is the unquestioned leader (286 hotels in 2013) with the strong supplybeing a regional characteristics. The hotel market in Poland as compared to other European countries is notlarge. Such a small, not saturated market presents significant development opportunities.

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