The Slovenian Tourist Board (STB) is the national umbrella tourist board, whose purpose is to plan and carry out the promotion of the country as a tourist destination, primarily in foreign markets.
STB is the national tourist board, and the only such institution in Slovenia.
3.5 million tourists came in Slovenia in 2014 and they spent 9.6 million nights here. Number of foreign tourist arrivals was the highest ever and for the first time number of their overnights was over 6 million. Key foreign markets by number of overnights spent in Slovenia in 2014 are Italy, Austria, Germany, The Russian Federation. The Netherlands, Croatia, The United Kingdom, ... more
Serbia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Their total contribution to foreign tourist overnights in Slovenia in 2014 was 67.5%. The highest growth in tourist overnight stays of countries listed was generated by Austrian tourists (+ 7.7%), followed by Italian (+3.6%) and German (+0.7) tourists. Tourists from The Russian Federation and The Netherlands generated a bit less overnights in Slovenia than a year before.
Short overview of tourism in Slovenia in past year 2014, based on monthly data. Analysis consists of basic data about Slovenian tourism, overnights structure by types of municipalities and tourist establishments and also Slovenian tourism competitiveness indexes till 2013.
Slovenian Tourism In Numbers is an annual publication published by the Research and Development Department of SPIRIT Slovenia (Slovenian Tourist Board). It was first published in 2002 and is based primarily on the annual statistical data on tourism turnover gathered and published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. In 2012, for the second year running, ... more
tourist accommodation facilities recorded the most arrivals and overnight stays by tourists to date. Tourist accommodation facilities recorded 3,297,556 tourist arrivals and 9,510,663 overnight stays in 2012. The total number of tourists in 2012 was 3% higher than the year before, with 1% more overnight stays. It was mainly the number of overnight stays by foreign tourists that increased, namely by 6%. Economic events and the socio-political situation in Slovenia affected the number of domestic guests, whose arrivals have diminished by 3%, while overnight stays fell by 5%. The average duration of a tourist’s stay in 2012 was 2.9 days (it was 2.7 days for foreign tourists and 3.3 days for domestic tourists). Almost two thirds of overnight stays by tourists in 2012 were realised by foreign tourists. The most overnight stays were realised in the Piran Municipality, followed by the municipalities of Ljubljana, Brežice, Bled and Moravske Toplice. Tourists in Slovenia had more than 43,000 rooms or apartments with almost 122,000 beds available in 2012.