Hi North Manc... funny but this seems to contradict the other article. I still believe that football fans arn't generally tourists. The majority of 'die hard' fans that i know spend every penny watching their team regardless of were they are playing and probably wouldn't return unless they had a footballing reason to.
Read this again:
Nearly 80% of respondents claimed that they would visit our country again
(as many as 92% of respondents) stated that they would recommend Poland to a friend after returning home
We can assume that these respondents were football supporters. They may return as supporters, or as tourists.
There were no games in Krakow, but Krakow was FULL of a wide range of foreign supporters a couple of weeks ago. What do you think they were there for, if there were no games?
It's also possible, or highly likely, that these supporters would recommend Poland to
non-supporters. Now can you see why Euro 2012
may continue to be good for Poland?
However, it's also clear that you would prefer it if Poland did not benefit from this tournament, as you never have anything good to say about Poland.