Poland sees significant opportunities for Qatari investors in its expanding tourism and hospitality sector, with promising prospects in premium hotels, serviced apartments, wellness resorts and mixed-use tourism developments, the country’s ambassador to Qatar Tomasz Sadzinski has said.
The envoy told Gulf Times that Poland is actively promoting investment opportunities to Qatari business leaders and family offices, highlighting the country’s stable economy, investor-friendly environment and growing demand for high-quality tourism services.
“I see significant opportunities for Qatari investors in the tourism and hospitality sector in Poland, which employs almost 150,000 people and generates almost 5% of the country’s GDP,” he said.
Sadzinski noted that Poland’s attractiveness as an investment destination continues to gain international recognition, pointing to the CBRE European Real Estate Survey 2026, which ranked Warsaw as the third most attractive city in Europe for real estate investors, ahead of Paris, Barcelona and Milan.
“These facts and ideas are being presented to our Qatari partners, including members of the Qatari Businessmen Association and Qatari family offices,” he said. “Poland is viewed by international investors as a stable and attractive destination within the European Union, offering strong economic fundamentals, a favourable business environment and growing demand for high-quality tourism services.”
According to Sadzinski, the strongest investment opportunities lie in premium hotels, lifestyle hospitality projects, serviced apartments, wellness and spa facilities, and mixed-use developments linked to tourism infrastructure.
“The growth potential in these sectors reflects the increasing demand for high-quality accommodation and experience-based travel throughout the year,” he said.
The envoy added that sustainability is becoming an increasingly important pillar of Poland’s tourism and investment strategy, creating additional opportunities for partnerships with Qatari businesses.
Through initiatives such as the Polish Investment Zone and national and regional development programmes, investors are encouraged to pursue projects that combine economic growth with environmental responsibility and energy efficiency, while benefiting from national incentives and European Union funding.
“This creates an excellent foundation for co-operation with Qatari investors, which I welcome strongly,” Sadzinski said, adding that the embassy stands ready to facilitate contacts between Qatari investors and relevant Polish business partners.
Apart from investment, he said tourism has become an increasingly important pillar of Poland-Qatar relations, complementing the two countries’ political, economic and energy co-operation while fostering stronger people-to-people ties.
He said that the direct Doha-Warsaw air connection has been instrumental in boosting both leisure and business travel, contributing to growing interest among Qatari travellers in Poland as a year-round destination.
Co-operation between tourism stakeholders, he added, has also expanded through participation in international travel exhibitions, particularly Qatar Travel Mart, where Poland has been represented by the Polish Tourism Organisation, regional tourism bodies and private-sector companies.
Building on previous editions of the exhibition, the envoy said Poland is working to increase the participation of additional regions at the 2026 event to showcase the country’s diverse tourism offerings.
These efforts, he continued, are being carried out in collaboration with Qatar Tourism and are complemented by regular engagement between tour operators and familiarisation visits aimed at promoting Poland as a safe, accessible and year-round destination for families and female travellers from Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries.
At the same time, Sadzinski said Poland is adapting its tourism infrastructure to better serve the growing number of Muslim travellers, including visitors from Qatar.
He added that the country is expanding halal-friendly services in response to rising Arab tourism and to meet the needs of the approximately 150,000 Muslims living and working in Poland.
Halal food options are becoming increasingly available in major cities such as Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Gdansk and Poznan, while hotels and tourism providers are becoming more familiar with the preferences and expectations of visitors from the Gulf region.
Prayer facilities, including mosques and designated prayer spaces, are also available in larger urban centres, with such services continuing to expand in line with increasing international visitor numbers.
Sadzinski said Poland will continue strengthening its tourism partnerships in Qatar through sustained participation in events such as Qatar Travel Mart and closer collaboration with the Polish Tourism Organisation, Qatar Tourism and private-sector stakeholders in both countries.
“Our objective is not only to attract more visitors, but to deepen mutual understanding, promote people-to-people exchanges and build investment bridges contributing to the strengthening of the excellent relations between our countries,” he said.
