In 2022, Slovenia recorded 5.8 million tourist arrivals and 15.6 million tourist overnight stays, or 46.6% more arrivals and 38.5% more overnight stays than in the same period in 2021. Compared to 2019, the number of arrivals in 2022 was 5.8 % lower and the number of overnight stays was 1.2 % lower. Foreign visitors generated 3.9 million arrivals and 10 million overnight stays. In the first 11 months of 2022, €2.71 billion in travel exports were recorded, which is 2% more than in the same period of 2019. 2022 was thus a year of return for Slovenian tourism, slightly below the figures before the COVID-19 pandemic. Arrivals of foreign tourists recovered to 84% of their pre-corona level, putting Slovenian tourism above European and global levels. According to the UNWTO, international arrivals last year reached 63% of pre-pandemic levels, while tourism in Europe recovered to 80%.
The largest number of overnight stays in Slovenia by foreign tourists came from Germany (17.8 % of all overnight stays by foreign tourists), followed by Italy (9.1 %), Austria (8.8 %), the Netherlands (6.2 %) and the Czech Republic (5.7 %). Before the pandemic, the distribution by markets was similar, only the order and share of markets was changed (in the same period in 2019 it was Germany, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia).
The ratio of overnight stays by domestic and foreign tourists last year was therefore 35:65% in favour of domestic guests (28:72% in the same period in 2019).
Source: Slovenian Tourist Board. The complete article is available HERE.