Monday 4 September 2017

SLOVENIA: Slovenia Attracts Record Numbers Of Tourists

Slovenia is well known for its mountains, ski resorts and lakes enjoys a record breaking summer tourism season in 2017 thanks to increasing number of travelers visiting the country.

In July 2017, more than 672,000 tourist arrivals were recorded, 15% more than in July 2016, of which foreign tourists generated almost 523,000, which is a 17% increase compared to last year, and domestic tourists more than 149,000, which is an 8% increase compared to last year.

Tourists generated almost 1,864,000 overnight stays, which is 13% more than in July 2016, of which foreign tourists generated almost 1,339,000 overnight stays or 16% more than last year and domestic tourists 525,000 overnight stays or 6% more than last year.

Key markets, from which the most foreign tourists who generated the most overnight stays in Slovenia came, were Germany (almost 153,000 or 11%), the Netherlands (10%), Italy, Belgium and Austria (7% each) and the Czech Republic (6%).

In July 2017 tourists from the following key markets generated more overnight stays than in July 2016: the Netherlands (38% more), Germany (33% more), Belgium (29% more), the Czech Republic (28% more), Austria (6% more) and Italy (3% more).

In July 2017, more than 843,000 or 45% of all tourist overnight stays were recorded in hotels, 25% in camping sites, 7% in private accommodations – rented rooms and dwellings, 5% in apartment settlements, 3% in company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth and 3% in youth hostels.

Compared to July 2016 the number of overnight stays increased in all types of accommodations: in camping sites by 24%, in private accommodations – rented rooms and dwellings by 23%, in youth hostels by 13%, in company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth by 11%, in apartment settlements by 7% and in hotels by 6%.

In July 2017, the highest number of tourist overnight stays (32% or almost 603,000) was recorded in mountain resorts, followed by seaside resorts (24%), health (spa) resorts, (21%), and municipality Ljubljana (11%).

The number of tourist overnight stays increased in all types of tourist resorts compared to July of 2016: in mountain resorts by 20%, in municipality Ljubljana by 9%, in seaside resorts by 8% and in health (spa) resorts by 7%.

From the start of 2017 and up to the end of July, 6.6 million overnight stays were recorded in tourist accommodations in Slovenia, which is 12% more than last year. An increase in overnight stays can be seen for foreign as well as domestic tourists.

Foreign tourists generated almost 4.4 million overnight stays (or 66%), which is 17% more than last year, and almost 1.9 million arrivals (19% more). Domestic tourists generated 2.3 million overnight stays, 5% more than last year, and more than 760,000 arrivals (7% more).



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