Tourist arrivals and overnight stays, detailed data, Slovenia, March 2012 – final data

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia:

At the annual level, in March 2012 tourists created 6% more tourist arrivals and 2% more overnight stays in tourist accommodations in Slovenia.

Compared to March 2011, in March 2012 9% more domestic tourist arrivals

In March 2012, almost 203,000 tourist arrivals and over 553,000 overnight stays were registered in tourist accommodations. Compared to March 2011, in March 2012 there were 6% more tourist arrivals and 2% more overnight stays. Domestic tourist arrivals increased the most, by 9%.

In March 2012, 60% of foreign overnight stays from five foreign countries

Foreign tourists created in Slovenia 50% of all overnight stays. In March 2012, the highest shares of foreign overnight stays were made by Italians (20%), Austrians (17%), Croatians (9%), Germans (8%) and Hungarians (6%), followed by Russian, Serbian and British tourists.
Compared to March 2011, in March 2012 the number of overnight stays of tourists from Austria increased by 20%, from Croatia by 10% and from Germany by 1%. In March 2012 there were 20% and 5% fewer overnight stays of Italian and Hungarian tourists than in March 2011.

In March 2012, most tourist arrivals and overnight stays in health (spa) resorts

In March 2012, the number of tourist arrivals was the highest in health (spa) resorts (29%); the same is true for overnight stays (39%). In comparison with March 2011 the number of tourist arrivals in health (spa) resorts increased by 3% and the number of their overnight stays by 1%. Second placed by the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays were mountain resorts, where 20% of all tourist overnight stays were recorded or 3% more than in March 2011. In the same comparison seaside resorts (18% of all tourist overnight stays) recorded a 4% increase in overnight stays. The municipality Ljubljana with a 9% share of all tourist overnight stays recorded a 3% decrease over March 2011.

In March 2012, Italian tourists prevailed in municipality Ljubljana

In March 2012, the highest share of foreign overnight stays was recorded in municipality Ljubljana, 95%. Most overnight stays were made by tourists from Italy. In seaside and health (spa) resorts in March 2012 the share of domestic tourist arrivals and overnight stays was higher than the share of foreign ones.

In March 2012, 73% of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in hotels

In March 2012, almost 78,000 bedplaces were available to tourists in tourist accommodations. 49% of all tourist bedplaces were available to tourists in hotels. Permanent bedplaces in hotels were on average 38% occupied, while all bedplaces in hotels by 4 percentage points less.
In March 2012, most tourist arrivals and overnight stays (73%) were registered in hotels, followed by holiday dwellings (7% of all overnight stays) and company vacation facilities and vacation facilities for youth (6% of all overnight stays).
Compared to March 2011, in March 2012 the number of tourist arrivals in hotels increased by 5% and overnight stays in hotels by 2%.

In March 2012, Italian tourists stayed on average 3 days, Austrian almost 4 days

On average, tourists stayed in Slovenia 2.7 nights: domestic tourists stayed 3.1 nights and foreign tourists 2.5 nights. Tourists from Italy stayed on average in Slovenia 2.0 nights, the Croatians 2.4 nights, the Germans and the Hungarians 2.8 nights and the Austrians 2.9 nights.
On average, tourists stayed the longest in health (spa) resorts (3.6 nights). In seaside resorts the average number of overnight stays was 2.8 nights, in mountain resorts 2.5 nights and in Ljubljana 1.9 nights.
Tourists stayed on average in hotels 2.7 nights and in holiday dwellings 3.2 nights.

In March 2012, 28% of all overnight stays in the municipalities Piran, Ljubljana and Moravske Toplice

Domestic tourists made 27% of their overnight stays in municipalities Piran, Brežice and Moravske Toplice, while foreign tourists made 30% of their overnight stays in municipalities Ljubljana and Piran.

In the first three months of 2012 increase in the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays compared to the same period of 2011

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays from January to March 2012 increased by 3% and 1%, respectively. In the same comparison the number of foreign tourist arrivals increased more than the number of foreign tourist overnight stays.