A tourist record for a Polish city. 6 times more guests from one country

In 2025, 2.2 million tourists came to Lublin. The vast majority were Poles (77%). For the first time, the number of visitors from Masovia clearly exceeded the number of guests from the Lublin Voivodeship (669,000). compared to (621 thousand).

Foreign tourists appreciated Lublin

For several years now, Lublin has become an increasingly popular destination also among foreign tourists, including: from Great Britain, the USA or Italy. Compared to 2024, their number increased by 18%. (506 thousand).

The largest group were residents

• Great Britain (213 thousand),

• Israel (126 thousand),

• United States (51 thousand)

• and Germany (31 thousand).

Italians travel to Poland more and more often

Clear the fashion for Lublin took hold in Italy – the number of tourists from this country increased from less than 1,000. to over 6 thousand This could have been the result of the launch of the Lublin-Rome connection, which disappeared from the local airport at the end of the summer. Italians are also responsible for the largest increase in Polish tourism compared to the previous year (+27.2%).

Among foreign tourists, almost 48,000 stayed overnight in Lubin. people, the rest were one-day guests.

Previous reports did not include visitors from Ukraine whose movement was of a migratory nature. Four years after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, in 2025 the number of arrivals stabilized, which allows us to assume that these are people visiting Lublin for tourist, scientific, business, health or shopping purposes, or traveling in transit. 570,000 people came to the city. people from Ukraine, of which 47 thousand stayed for at least one night.

“Record-breaking over 2.2 million visitors in 2025 confirm that Lublin is strengthening its position as an attractive tourist destination in Poland and Europe. This is the result of consistent development of the offer of spending free time, events and friendly urban spaces that attract guests and encourage longer stays. Growing tourist traffic strengthens the local economy and mobilizes us for further investments, so that every visitor wants to come back here,” said Mariusz Banach, Deputy Mayor of Lublin, during the presentation of the results. for Education and Upbringing.