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Arrivals and overnight stays of tourists in collective accommodation1 May 2021(p)

In Montenegro in May 2021, in collective accommodation (camping sites, tourist resorts, vacation facilities, boarding houses, motels, etc.) tourists realised 47 042 arrivals. In may 2021 number of realised overnight stays is 128 580. Overnight stays of foreign tourists represent 80.2% while the domestic tourists represent 19.8% of all overnight stays in collective accommodation in May 2021. Concerning the structure of overnight stays by types of resorts in May 2021, the most of them were recorded in seaside resorts (86.4%), the capital (10.1%), mountain resorts (2.1%), and in other tourist resorts and other resorts (1.5%).

Graph 1. Tourists arrivals, in thous. Graphic 2. Tourists overnights, in thous. 140 450 400 120 350 100 300 80 250 60 200 150 40 100 20 50 0 0 19-May 20-May 21-May 19-May 20-May 21-May

Total Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign

1Collective accommodation establishments include hotels, camping sites, tourist resorts, vacation facilities, boarding houses, motels, etc. Collective accommodation establishments do not include individual, so-called “private accommodation” (rented accommodation in houses, rooms and apartments). Note: The data of the individual, so-called "private accommodation" (rented accommodation in houses, rooms and apartments) will be processed and published annually since 2018, according to the Annual Plan of Official Statistics.

(p) – preliminary data

Table 1 Arrivals and overnight stays of tourists in collective accommodation by municipalities2, May 2021

Arrivals of tourists Overnight stays of tourists

Municipality Foreign Domestic Total Structure Foreign Domestic Total Structure (1) (2) (3)=(1)+(2) (3) in % (1) (2) (3)=(1)+(2) (3) in % Total 38 957 8 085 47 042 100.0 103 172 25 408 128 580 100.0 ------Bar 770 469 1 239 2.6 2 082 1 184 3 266 2.5 166 137 303 0.6 220 139 359 0.3 58 16 74 0.2 60 20 80 0.1 21 894 3 716 25 610 54.4 60 134 7 901 68 035 52.9 32 37 69 0.1 253 232 485 0.4 61 5 66 0.1 121 21 142 0.1 ------ 2 191 1 388 3 579 7.6 7 481 10 590 18 071 14.1 Kolasin 286 378 664 1.4 457 702 1 159 0.9 945 96 1 041 2.2 2 194 172 2 366 1.8 2 5 7 0.0 2 17 19 0.0 Niksic 268 60 328 0.7 474 86 560 0.4 Petnjica ------Plav ------ 51 66 117 0.2 189 91 280 0.2 Pluzine ------Podgorica 4 615 855 5 470 11.6 10 423 2 511 12 934 10.1 Rozaje 19 4 23 0.0 232 45 277 0.2 Savnik ------ 3 523 568 4 091 8.7 10 583 1 105 11 688 9.1 ------ 3 526 106 3 632 7.7 7 461 196 7 657 6.0 Zabljak 550 175 725 1.5 806 360 1 166 0.9

2Due to the small number of reporting units, data for the municipalities of Andrijevica, Gusinje, Petnjica, Plav, Pluzine, Savnik and Tuzi were not presented due to the indirect recognition of reporting units. Data confidentiality is defined in Article 54 of the Law on Official Statistics and the Official Statistical System ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 018/12 of 30.03.2012, 047/19 of 12.08.2019). The data for these municipalities shall not be published until the obtaining written approvals of the reporting units as defined in Article 61 of the Law. 2

Table 2 Arrivals and overnight stays of foreign tourists in collective accommodation by country of residence, May 2021

Country Arrivals Structure, in % Overnight stays Structure, in %

Foreign tourists 38 957 100.0 103 172 100.0 Europe 36 641 94.1 95 003 92.1 Albania 5 353 13.7 8 398 8.1 Austria 149 0.4 450 0.4 Belgium 79 0.2 264 0.3 Belarus 422 1.1 1 545 1.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 400 6.2 6 061 5.9 Bulgaria 93 0.2 274 0.3 Czech Republic 169 0.4 383 0.4 Denmark 38 0.1 93 0.1 Estonija 17 0.0 56 0.1 Finska 52 0.1 160 0.2 France 374 1.0 1 258 1.2 Greece 93 0.2 348 0.3 Netherlands 109 0.3 242 0.2 Croatia 767 2.0 1 364 1.3 Ireland 48 0.1 174 0.2 Island 5 0.0 16 0.0 Italy 292 0.7 961 0.9 Cyprus 5 0.0 28 0.0 Kosovo 7 849 20.1 16 440 15.9 Latvia 18 0.0 41 0.0 Lithuania 120 0.3 289 0.3 Luxembourg 65 0.2 240 0.2 Hungary 398 1.0 675 0.7 Malta 67 0.2 89 0.1 Republic of North Macedonia 902 2.3 2 468 2.4 Norway 11 0.0 31 0.0 Germany 602 1.5 1 824 1.8 Poland 348 0.9 1 567 1.5 Portugal 55 0.1 78 0.1 Romania 211 0.5 610 0.6 Russian Federation 1 489 3.8 5 027 4.9 Slovakia 60 0.2 254 0.2 Slovenia 183 0.5 382 0.4 Serbia 9 382 24.1 29 404 28.5 Spain 65 0.2 185 0.2 Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) 193 0.5 493 0.5 Sweden 88 0.2 275 0.3 Turkey 1 263 3.2 3 478 3.4 Ukraine 2 284 5.9 7 473 7.2 United Kingdom 339 0.9 1 093 1.1 Other European countries 184 0.5 512 0.5

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Table 2 Arrivals and overnight stays of foreign tourists in collective accommodationby country of residence, May 2021 follow-up Country Arrivals Structure, in % Overnight stays Structure, in %

Non-European countries 2 316 5.9 8 169 7.9 South Africa 21 0.1 79 0.1 Other African countries 77 0.2 976 0.9 Canada 62 0.2 162 0.2 USA 611 1.6 1 699 1.6 Other North American countries 11 0.0 22 0.0 Argentina 7 0.0 12 0.0 Brazil 22 0.1 32 0.0 Other Central or South American countries 62 0.2 214 0.2 China (including Hong Kong) 43 0.1 207 0.2 Japan 8 0.0 15 0.0 Republic of Korea 1 0.0 4 0.0 Israel 929 2.4 2 705 2.6 India 20 0.1 68 0.1 Azerbaijan 63 0.2 295 0.3 United Arab Emirates 41 0.1 84 0.1 Other Asian countries 222 0.6 1 368 1.3 Australia 35 0.1 101 0.1 New Zeleand 5 0.0 10 0.0 Oceania and other territories 76 0.2 116 0.1

Table 3 Arrivals and overnight stays of foreign tourists in collective accommodation by type of place3, May 2021

Arrivals Overnight stays

Type of place Foreign Domestic Total Structure Foreign Domestic Total Structure

(1) (2) (3)=(1)+(2) (3) u % (1) (2) (3)=(1)+(2) (3) u % Total 38 957 8 085 47 042 100.0 103 172 25 408 128 580 100.0 Capital 4 615 855 5 470 11.6 10 423 2 511 12 934 10.1 Seaside resorts 32 849 6 343 39 192 83.3 89 935 21 148 111 083 86.4 Mountain resorts 855 561 1 416 3.0 1 495 1 143 2 638 2.1 Other tourist resorts and other resorts 638 326 964 2.0 1 319 606 1 925 1.5

3Capital:Podgorica. Seaside resorts: Bar, Budva, Kotor, Tivat, Ulcinj and Herceg Novi. Mountain resorts: Andrijevica, Gusinje, Kolasin, Plav, Pluzine, Rozaje, Savnik and Zabljak. Other tourist resorts and other resorts: Berane, Bijelo Polje, Cetinje, Mojkovac, Niksic, Petnjica, Pljevlja, Danilovgrad and Tuzi.

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

Data on tourist traffic in collective accommodation (number of arrivals and overnight stays) have been collected by regular Monthly report on tourists arrivals and overnight stays in the collective accommodation establishments (form TU-11). Reports are made according to guest books which are led by reception of collective accommodation establishments (all types of hotels, vacation facilities, boarding houses, motels, tourist resorts, hostels, etc.). Collective accommodation establishments do not include individual, so-called “private accommodation” (rented accommodation in houses, rooms and apartments).

Tourist is a person who spends at least one night in an accommodation facility or some other object for accommodation of tourist, in a place other than his/her place of permanent residence for the reasons of rest or recreation, health, studies, sports, religion, family, business, public missions or meetings. Tourists do not include migrants, border workers, diplomats, member of military forces in the regular duty, refugees, etc. Tourists are not persons who stays longer than 12 consecutive months in place visited, persons engaged in some activity funded from the place of the visit, persons who regularly, daily and weekly travel to the place for work or study, migrants, border workers, diplomatic and consular representatives, refugees, displaced persons, persons in transit who do not formally enter the country, permanent residents who travel to another place with the intention to reside there permanently, people who are temporarily working in Montenegro and receive a salary for their work.

Domestic tourist is a person with permanent residence in Montenegro who temporarily resides in any place of Montenegro, and spends at least one night in accommodation facility.

Foreign tourist is a person with permanent residence outside Montenegro, who temporarily resides in any place in Montenegro, and spends at least one night in an accommodation facility.

The last published data are considered preliminary, and becomes final within the defined deadline, as forseen by the Statistical Release Calendar.

Issued and printed by Statistical Office of Montenegro (MONSTAT) 81000 Podgorica, IV Proleterske 2, Phone (+382) 20 230-811, Fax (+382) 20 230-814 The release prepared by: Zeljko ZIVKOVIC [email protected]

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