Częstochowa with 
Jasna Góra Monastery is one of the major pilgrimage centres of the Christian world. It is also the second biggest - after Lourdes - centre of the Marian cult. Every year Częstochowa is visited by 3 - 4 million pilgrims and tourists.

In 1996 five European towns, functioning as centres of Marian cult i.e. Loreto, Lourdes, Altötting, Fatima and Częstochowa signed a co-operation agreement. The main objective of this co-operation is to share experience in the field of organisation of religion - motivated tourism and to create conditions for wide promotion of these towns.