This results from the statutory 15-percent allocation from ticket sales. This means that a record number of tourists visited the Karkonosze this year.

– This amount may increase further, says KPN director Andrzej Raj. – However, the point is not for us to compete over whether it is this amount or another. What matters most is that we can see how well the GOPR rescuers use this money. We are aware that every złoty spent on them improves tourists’ safety—but it improves ours as well.

Karkonoski Park Narodowy/ii