First four months see 20% rise in overnight stays in commercial accommodation

In April alone, 20.4% more tourists were staying in commercial accommodation compared to the same month last year.

Foreign tourists accounted for most of the arrivals and overnight stays in the first four months, that is, for 1.4 million visits and 4 million overnights stays, 37.1% and 22.1% up year-on-year.

The most numerous foreign visitors were Slovenes, Germans and Austrians, followed by Italians and Britons.

There were also 615,000 domestic tourists, 17.5% more than in the same period last year, and they generated 1.3 million overnight stays, an increase of 12.6%.