Business adventures of Postojna Cave

On Thursday, 26th Maj, Postojna Cave organised a press conference about their business achievements in 2015 and 2016. Marjan Batagelj, the CEO of Postojna Cave, presented their outstanding business results in 2015, their current operations, the opening of the Hotel Jama, one of the most important investments in tourism this year, and spoke about the current developments with regard to the olm’s eggs.

The largest karst phenomena in green, active and healthy Slovenia, Postojna Cave is proud of its 200-year tradition in tourism, during which time it has hosted more than 36 million visitors. In this time, it has achieved great business results, which were presented at the press conference on Thursday. The CEO of Postojna Cave, Marjan Batagelj, emphasised the business highlights of the last two years:

* Postojna Cave generated 18.3 million euros of operating revenues and 3.6 million euros in net profit last year;

* The value of the company’s own investments were 2.5 million euros in 2015;

* In 2015, the company recorded 986,000 visitors to their attractions, of which just over 672,000 people visited the cave;

* The demographic structure of the guests is dominated by Italians, following guests from Korea and Israel. "The non-European market represents one-third of the total," commented Batagelj;

* In early June, guests will be welcomed to the renovated Hotel Jama, which will have 80 rooms, 180 beds and will employ 40 people;

* Since January, the female olm has been thrilling the public with her batch of eggs, which is a rare phenomenon. The embryos are now between 17 and 18 millimeters long and already have visible eye pigment and beating hearts. Over 60 “baby dragons” are nearly ready to hatch!

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