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Lithuanian spending reached record levels in 2019: 363.7 million euros for 4.26 million visits, according to Polish statistics. However, last year the flow of shoppers and other travelers fell by 28.2 percent, and their costs in Poland fell by 36.8 percent, the lowest in at least 6 years.
Last year, Lithuanians spent a little over a billion zlotys in Poland; at the current exchange rate of the zloty it would amount to 223.9 million. In Lithuania 140 million euros remained. compared to a year ago.
In the first quarter of this year, a further decrease was recorded: spending in Poland was 36.3 percent. less than a year ago, 35.8 percent visited. fewer Lithuanians compared to the first quarter of last year. The expenses amounted to just 37.8 million. at the current exchange rate of the zloty.
Carriers are now resuming shopping trips for shoppers to Poland, and social media groups sharing purchases and prices have been reactivated.
Alexander Izgorodin, an economist at Brandnomika, estimates that prices are rising in both countries, but faster in Lithuania. He doesn’t expect a quick return from buyers to the pre-pandemic level, but he acknowledges that Poland has something to offer.
Arvydas, who organizes trips from Šiauliai to Suwalki for clients, realizes that clients have already recovered; They are not as many as before the pandemic, but they have started to increase.
Arūnas Vizickas, director of the Pricer.lt portal, shared the prices of some products in Lithuania and Poland; sometimes the differences are even double.
It takes a hundred euros
One person spent an average of 456 zlotys, 101.15 euros per visit in the first quarter of this year. This amount is also the lowest in at least some years, but it is still higher compared to citizens of other countries who shop in Poland.
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