I am pleased to present you the publication entitled “Tourism in Małopolskie voivodship in 2017” prepared by team of employees of the Statistical Office in Kraków under the series Statistical Analyses. The publication provides the most important information on tourism, which is one of important factors contributing to economic growth of Małopolskie voivodship. Our study includes a description of state, structure, distribution and occupancy of tourist accommodation establishments on the background of the country and other voivodships. It was also enriched with information describing geographical and nature environment as well as tourist values of Małopolska. Additionally, in the publication we present selected basic aspects connected with business tourism in our region. Majority of information in tabular part is presented in voivodship, subregions and powiats terms. Basic data on accommodation establishments are also presented in gmina terms. A valuable supplement to data from statistical surveys presented in this study are information that has been made available to us by the following organizations: PTTK, GOPR, TOPR, institutions organizing rafting on the Dunajec and Poprad rivers, for which we would like to thank.