Higher Accommodation Occupancy in First 6 Months at Slovenian Natural Health Resorts

A higher number of arrivals and overnight stays in the first six months of 2008—in all accommodation facilities (hotels, self-catering units, campsites)—compared to the same period last year were again registered by Slovenian natural health resorts. In the first six months, 171,680 arrivals of domestic tourists were registered, which is 6.5% more than in the same period last year, and 129,536 of foreign tourists, which is up by 2% compared to 2007. In all, there were 301,216 tourists (104.6% index compared to the same period last year). The proportion of domestic tourists (57%) is larger than that of foreign (43%). According to overnight stays statistics, there were a total of 747,178 overnight stays of domestic tourists, which is 4.2% more than in the first six months of 2007 and 60.5% of all registered overnight stays, while the percentage of overnight stays of foreign tourists is down by just short of 1% (99.1 index). The total number of overnight stays is 1,234,762, which is 2.1% more than last year.
The trend of arrivals and overnight stays in the first six months indicates a slight decrease in the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays from the main outgoing markets: Italy, Austria and Germany. However, the good news is that the number of Swiss (overnight stay index at 122), Dutch (overnight stay index at 123) and Russian tourists (overnight stay index at 122) and tourists from other European countries (the highest index, 173 of all registered overnight stays) has increased. Arrivals and overnight stays made by domestic tourists also had an important impact on these very good results.
The length of stay at Slovenian natural health resorts is among the longest in Slovenia: an average of 4.10 days. The facts that the average length of stay in Slovenia is 3.08 days and that Slovenian natural health resorts account for more than one-third of all overnight stays speak for themselves. The same goes for above-average hotel occupancy, which stood at an average of 59.2% in the first six months of the year.

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