In February 2021, 697.4 thousand tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments and 1.6 million were provided for them.

In April 2021 entities having 50 or more persons employed and participating in the monthly survey of production of industrial products, reported production of 13 130 095 face masks used in medicine and 6 807 206 other protective face masks.

Assessment of the situation in manufacturing, construction, trade and services (with in-depth presentation of results in accommodation and food service activities) is based upon the subjective opinions about actual and future business situation expressed by the directors of the surveyed companies. The quarterly data in manufacturing are available in January, April, July and October. The data on investments in manufacturing and investments in construction are available in March and October.

In most of presented kinds of activities general business climate indicator in May is at a higher level than in the previous month. In all of researched areas improvement of “forecast” components have been reported, in most sectors also “diagnostic” ones went up. The most positive1 indicator is reported in information and communication section, whereas the most pessimistic one in accommodation and food service activities, however these entities note the biggest month-to-month improvement. In the current month – answers provided between 1 and 10 May – supplementary set of questions has been added to the survey. This particular set aims to additionally diagnose the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on business tendency (results in Annex).

In May 2021, there was a significant improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -14.6a which was by 7.9 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

In April 2021, average paid employment in enterprise sector was higher by 0.9% y/y and amounted to 6316.9 thousand, while average wages and salaries were higher by 9.9% y/y and amounted to 5805.72 PLN (gross).

According to the flash estimate, gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms seasonally unadjusted was lower by 1.2% in the 1st quarter of 2021 year-to-year against 2.0% increase in the corresponding period of 2020.

In 2020, there were 194 theatres and music institutions operating in Poland. They presented 24.4 thousand performances with 4.5 million viewers. 389 premieres took place.

In 2020, there were 307 operating art galleries (6.1% less in comparison to 2019). In Poland, art galleries have organised 2,377 exhibitions, visited by 2.1 million people.

Level of professional activity of the population, according to socio-demographic features. The employed according to professional features, employment status, work time.