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In this article, initial information was presented (as of July 2012) concerning the influence of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship on the tourist sector in Poland. Selected indexes and data (to be more precise: estimations) were presented which include the results that occurred in tourism under the influence of the event analyzed. They concerned only selected issues including the intensity of the tourist traffic and opinions on the part of visitors concerning the event and Poland in the context of another arrival to our country. At the same time, based on selected opinions, potential opportunities and threats were presented for tourism in the coming years taking into consideration the potential possibilities of the occurrence of the so-called Barcelona effect.