The president of Poland’s national tourist office has been fired after removing a trip to Auschwitz from the itinerary of a group of foreign journalists.
Marek Olszewski was sacked after he told the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper that Auschwitz did not promote Poland as an “attractive tourist destination”.
In an article published on Wednesday he is quoted as saying: “As the head of the Polish Tourist Organization, who loves his country, I want to show its best side, through our monuments, culture, hospitality, wonderful music.
“Auschwitz is not a tourist product but a place of martyrology, reverie and reflection, and we are promoting Poland as an attractive tourist destination.
