Difficult holidays for the accommodation industry. Billion backlogs

The accommodation industry entered the current holiday season with large debts. Big InfoMonitor data shows that at the end of May the industry arrears amounted to PLN 994 million. It is over PLN 5 million more than in the end of May 2024.

Problems of the accommodation industry

Hotels, motels and guesthouses have the largest share in the sector’s debt, whose commitments reach PLN 860 million and constitute 97 percent. arrears of the entire industry. However, as Big InfoMonitor points out, the debt of these entities has slightly dropped in the last year (by 0.5 percent). Significantly, by 7 percent However, the arrears of smaller entities increased. It comes, among others for agritourism, shelters or holiday houses. Their total debt is PLN 122 million. The largest increase (by PLN 274 thousand) concerned camping sites, whose debt is over PLN 1.1 million.

Where did the problems of the accommodation industry come from? One of the reasons is the growing costs of activity. – 37 percent companies from the service sector plans to raise prices, mainly due to labor and energy costs – emphasizes Waldemar Rogowski, the main analyst of BIG InfoMonitor.

Another cause of problems is the decreasing tendency of Poles to spend spending. The data cited by BIG InfoMonitor shows that only 17 percent Poles declare that they postpone money for holiday and weekend trips, which means a drop by 5 percentage points. compared to last year.

Holiday expenses of Poles

From the SW Research survey conducted just before the holidays, it shows that a quarter of Poles plans to spend this year on vacation from 1000 to 2000 PLN per person (23.3 percent). Slightly less, because 19.1 percent respondents declared that he would spend from 2000-3000 PLN. It intends to spend 15 percent from 3000 to 5000 PLN. respondents, and almost 13 percent less than PLN 1,000. Less than 8 percent estimates expenses of PLN 5,000-7000, and only 3.5 percent. above PLN 7,000. 18.4 percent The participants of the study chose the “I will not spend anything on vacation/it does not apply to me”.