The comeback capital in its biggest decade yet: Chopin at a record 24.1 million passengers, the CPK mega-hub drawn for 2032, a 94-billion-złoty national tourism table — and a hotel market still priced like a secret. Eight studies, one hub.
Warsaw enters the TIO metropolis series as Central Europe’s best-value capital story: Poland closed 2025 with a record 58.9 million overnight visitors (+11.6%) and PLN 94 billion in tourist spending, and the capital took the largest share — 8.7 million guests, first in the country ahead of Kraków.
The aviation base is compounding: Chopin Airport handled 24.1 million passengers in 2025 (+13.2%) and is building past 30 million by 2029, while the CPK central airport — terminal designed for up to 44 million — targets a 2032 opening that every hotel and rail decision now prices in.
The hotel market runs 74.3% occupancy at a 415-złoty average rate with a conversion-led pipeline: Canopy by Hilton’s Polish debut is open on Wilcza, Nobu has taken the restored Verte palace, Moxy counts five — and the EIP Pendolinos still put Kraków and the Baltic within two and a half hours.
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