In March 2020 Tourism in Slovenia Marked by the Coronavirus Disease

First Release

24 april 2020 provisional data In March 2020 tourism in Slovenia marked by the coronavirus disease Tourist arrivals and overnight stays, Slovenia, March 2020 Due to the Government action to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, 75% fewer tourist arrivals and 67% fewer tourist overnight stays than in March 2019 were recorded in tourist accommodation establishments in March 2020. Almost 86,000 tourist arrivals and 270,000 overnight stays in March 2020

In March 2020 domestic tourists generated just over 38,000 arrivals (69% fewer than in March 2019) and almost 125,000 overnight stays (62% fewer than in March 2019). Foreign tourist generated just over 47,000 arrivals (78% fewer than in March 2019) and almost 146,000 overnight stays (71% fewer than in March 2019).

On 16 March the Government issued the Ordinance on the Provisional Prohibition on the Offering and Sale of Goods and Services to Consumers in the Republic of Slovenia. Tourist accommodation establishments could not register new tourist arrivals after this date.

The most foreign tourists from Austria and Croatia

The most overnight stays among foreign tourists were generated by tourists from Austria (12% or 18,000), followed by tourists from Croatia (10%), Germany (9%), Italy (8%) and Serbia (7%).

Compared to March 2019, the number of overnight stays decreased the most for tourists from Italy (by 85%). The number of overnight stays decreased also for tourist from Austria (by 71%), Croatia (by 64%), Germany (by 63%) and Serbia (by 56%).

31% of all overnight stays in health (spa) resorts

In March 2020 the highest number of tourist overnight stays was recorded in health (spa) resorts (31% or 83,000), followed by mountain resorts (22%), municipality Ljubljana (14%) and seaside resorts (13%).

Compared to March 2019, the number of overnight stays decreased in all types of tourist municipalities: in seaside resorts by 75%, in municipality Ljubljana by 69%, in mountain resorts by 67% and in health (spa) resorts by 66%.

72% fewer overnight stays in hotels than in March 2019

Though hotels were again the first as regards the number of tourist overnight stays (138,000 or 51% of all tourist overnight stays), 72% fewer overnight stays were recorded there compared to March 2019. 19% of all overnight stays were recorded in private rooms, apartments and dwellings (60% fewer than in March 2019) and 5% in temporary accommodation establishments and marinas (33% fewer than in March 2019).

Just over 1.8 million tourist overnight stays in 2020

From January until the end of March 2020 tourists generated almost 667,000 arrivals (28% fewer than in the same period in 2019) and just over 1.8 million overnight stays (23% fewer than in the same period in 2019).

More data in the SiStat Database More detailed provisional monthly data on tourist arrivals and overnight stays are published in the SiStat

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A new table Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by countries, municipalities, Slovenia, monthly was added in the SiStat Database.

Together with this release also the final monthly data for February 2020 are published in the SiStat Database.

Tourism flow, Slovenia − provisional data

Source: SURS

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Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by types of turist municipalities and by tourist accommodation establishments, March 2020 – provisional data

Tourist arrivals Overnight stays III 2020 I–III 2020 III 2020 I–III 2020 III 2020 I–III 2020 III 2020 I–III 2020 III 2019 I–III 2019 III 2019 I–III 2019 number number index index number number index index Total 85,894 666,955 25.2 72.4 270,647 1,878,858 32.8 76.9 Types of tourist municipalities Health (spa) resorts 21,376 188,490 27.5 78.1 83,097 611,082 34.1 80.5 Mountain resorts 19,212 171,342 26.1 72.6 58,220 545,580 33.0 79.3 Seaside resorts 12,501 69,090 21.7 60.4 36,174 191,710 24.7 62.7 Ljubljana, the capital 15,348 112,448 24.1 74.3 38,028 236,245 30.9 77.3 Urban municipalities 7,481 61,655 23.1 70.0 28,766 157,861 42.9 77.6 Other municipalities 9,976 63,930 27.4 70.8 26,362 136,380 38.7 76.2 Tourist accomm. establishments Hotels 48,431 398,114 22.5 70.4 138,071 1,053,139 27.8 74.8 Private accommodations - 15,074 114,767 31.1 77.7 50,339 363,053 40.0 82.0 rented rooms, dwellings Temporary accommodation 1,231 6,716 31.4 61.8 14,600 41,583 66.7 69.0 establishments and marinas Apartment settlements 2,916 28,185 29.5 83.2 11,637 96,155 38.6 87.4 Vacation establishments 3,720 21,863 34.8 75.5 11,386 71,624 36.3 79.3

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Methodological note Final data on tourist arrivals and overnight stays for March 2020 are expected to be published on 25 May 2020 in the SiStat Database.

Data are not seasonally adjusted.

Detailed data Detailed data and time series are available in the SiStat Database, which enables simple browsing and exporting of data in various formats. Registered users have the possibility to store tables for later browsing and to sign up to be informed when data are updated. Author/s: Teja Zupančič

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