Tourist arrivals and overnight stays, detailed data, Slovenia, July 2017

Good start of the high season – in July 2017 almost 1.9 million tourist overnight stays

In July 2017, 13% more tourist overnight stays were recorded in tourist accommodations than in July 2016. Foreign tourists generated 19% more arrivals and 17% more overnight stays and domestic tourist 8% more arrivals and 6% more overnight stays.

25 September 2017 at 10:30
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Almost 1.9 million tourist overnight stays
In July 2017, almost 680,000 tourist arrivals and almost 1.9 million overnight stays were registered in tourist accommodations, which was 16% more tourist arrivals and 13% more overnight stays than in July 2016. The number of foreign tourist arrivals increased by 19% and the number of their overnight stays by 17%. The number of domestic tourist arrivals increased by 8% and the number of their overnight stays by 6%.

German tourists generated the most overnight stays of all foreign tourists overnight stays
Most overnight stays in July 2017 were generated by tourists from Germany (almost 155,000 or 11%), followed by tourists from the Netherlands (almost 129,000 or 10%), Belgium, Italy and Austria (7% each) and the Czech Republic (6%).

Tourists from all key markets increased the number of their overnight stays compared to July 2016. In more detail the number of tourist overnight stays increased for tourists from the Netherlands (39%), followed by German tourists (34%), tourists from Belgium (31%), the Czech Republic (30%), Austria (6%), and Italy (3%).

A quarter of all overnight stays in camping sites
In July 2017, almost 849,000 or 45% of all tourist overnight stays were recorded in hotels, 25% in camping sites, 8% in private accommodations – rented rooms and dwellings, 5% in apartment settlements, and 3% in company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth. In hotels permanent bedplaces were on average occupied 73% and hotel rooms 72% (net occupancy).

Compared to July 2016, the number of tourist overnight stays increased in all types of tourist accommodations: in private accommodations – rented rooms and dwellings and camping sites by 24% each, in company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth by 10% and in hotels and apartment settlements by 7% each.

In July 2017 1 million overnight stays in mountain and seaside resorts
In July 2017, the highest number of tourist overnight stays (33% or more than 609,000) in Slovenia were recorded in mountain resorts, followed by seaside resorts (24%), health (spa) resorts (21%) and municipality Ljubljana (11%).

Compared to July 2016, in July 2017 more overnight stays were generated in all types of municipalities: in mountain resorts by 21%, in municipality Ljubljana by 11%, in seaside resorts by 8% and in health (spa) resorts by 7%.

Most tourist overnight stays in July 2017 were recorded in municipality Piran (15% or almost 274,000), followed by municipalities Ljubljana, Bled, Bohinj, Brežice, Kranjska gora, Bovec and Izola.

Up to July almost 6.7 million overnight stays
In the first seven months of 2017, 15% more tourist arrivals and 13% more overnight stays were recorded in tourist accommodations than in the same period of the previous year. Foreign tourist generated more than 4.4 million overnight stays and domestic tourists 2.3 million, the sum of which is almost 6.7 million total tourist overnight stays.

Domestic tourists generated 7% more arrivals (more than 761,000) and foreign tourists 19% more arrivals (almost 1.9 million).

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Chart 1: Tourism flow, Slovenia

Source: SURS

Chart 2: Tourist bedplaces by types of tourist accommodations, Slovenia, July 2017

Source: SURS

Chart 3: Municipalities with most tourist overnight stays, Slovenia, July 2017

Source: SURS

Table 1: Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by key markets from which the tourists come, July 2017 – final data¹⁾

	Tourist arrivals				Overnight stays
	VII 2017	I–VII 2017	VII 2017 VII 2016	I–VII 2017 I-VII 2016	VII 2017	I–VII 2017	VII 2017 VII 2016	I–VII 2017 I-VII 2016
	number	number	index	index	number	number	index	index
Total	679,743	2,619,660	116.2	115.4	1,873,079	6,668,924	113.2	112.5
Domestic	150,466	761,090	108.3	107.2	524,550	2,261,474	105.5	104.8
Foreign	529,277	1,858,570	118.7	119.1	1,348,529	4,407,450	116.5	116.9
of foreign
from Germany	60,012	184,426	133.2	130.5	154,519	483,815	134.3	128.5
from Netherlands	40,165	66,695	136.9	135.8	128,796	199,791	138.5	135.3
from Belgium	31,547	46,608	135.0	130.2	98,222	137,096	130.6	131.2
from Italy	43,920	273,194	104.7	107.5	97,949	571,658	103.1	105.9
from Austria	33,737	190,113	108.4	116.8	89,527	497,323	106.4	113.8
from Czech Republic	33,771	61,777	134.9	131.0	86,608	151,242	130.0	125.8

1) Data including tourist accommodations with at least 10 permanent bedplaces.

Source: SURS

Table 2: Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by types of municipalities and by main types of tourist accommodations, July 2017 – final data¹⁾

	Tourist arrivals				Overnight stays
	VII 2017	I–VII 2017	VII 2017 VII 2016	I–VII 2017 I-VII 2016	VII 2017	I–VII 2017	VII 2017 VII 2016	I–VII 2017 I-VII 2016
	number	number	index	index	number	number	index	index
Total	679,743	2,619,660	116.2	115.4	1,873,079	6,668,924	113.2	112.5
Types of tourist resorts
Health (spa) resorts	91,851	525,113	108.6	106.2	385,152	1,838,882	106.8	104.1
Mountain resorts	241,740	721,625	124.0	121.2	609,382	1,748,107	121.2	119.2
Seaside resorts	113,540	438,567	107.6	114.4	449,017	1,351,220	108.3	112.4
Ljubljana, the capital	108,222	433,308	110.8	114.3	203,414	800,248	110.6	115.7
Urban municipalities	52,976	245,421	112.0	114.5	94,054	466,174	107.5	110.6
Other municipalities	71,414	255,626	129.7	125.6	132,060	464,293	126.5	122.1
Types of tourist accommodations
Hotels	307,644	1,616,881	109.6	112.9	848,847	4,051,332	106.9	109.7
Camping sites	150,741	297,164	128.7	129.7	462,782	887,221	123.6	124.2
Private accommodations - rented rooms, dwellings	50,348	146,750	123.9	128.1	139,749	377,880	123.9	126.4
Apartment settlements	25,539	115,512	111.4	106.4	100,865	363,972	107.1	101.5
Company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth	12,891	80,838	99.1	103.7	64,113	272,689	110.3	108.0

1) Data including tourist accommodations with at least 10 permanent bedplaces.

Source: SURS

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE

Monthly data do not cover some establishments with fewer than 10 permanent bedplaces within the following types of tourist accommodations: private accommodations - rented rooms, dwellings, overnight accommodations, tourist farms with accommodation and company vacation facilities. Annual data also include these establishments.

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