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Poland moving up as tourist destination Visitors are streaming in from neighboring countries since the fall of communism
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Poland has no Eiffel Tower or Colosseum, and the soot of a
half-century of communism is only beginning to wear off. But
according to the latest statistics of the World Tourism
Organization, since communism's collapse 10 years ago, Poland has
catapulted itself from 18th place among European countries as
tourist destinations, to No. 5.
To be sure, Poland has dressed itself up since the old days, when
few vacationers from non-Communist countries ventured to its Baltic
Sea resorts or f...
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The Potential of Poland [ Corrected: 08/08/03 ]
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International Herald Tribune
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Consensus and division over Poland's entry into the European Union.
East European Quarterly
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Poland Five Years Later: Doing Just Fine
Polish-American Journal
; John Radzilowski Polish-American Journal 11-01-1994 Poland Five Years Later: Doing Just Fine. Recently, some Polish Americans have heard disturbing things about conditions in Poland. A recent article in this newspaper expressed the opinion that Poland is undergoing some kind of moral and cultural
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