Tourist arrivals and overnight stays, November 2022

The largest share of tourist overnight stays in health (spa) resorts

Foreign tourists generated 360,700 overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments in Slovenia, which is about 75,000 more than the number of overnight stays by domestic tourists. In total, a tenth fewer overnight stays were generated than a year earlier, most of them in Ljubljana and Piran.

  • 23 December 2022 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
In the eleventh month of 2022, 646,500 tourist overnight stays 

In tourist accommodation establishments in November tourists generated 241,700 arrivals. Domestic tourists generated approximately 102,800 arrivals and 285,800 overnight stays (or 44% of all), which is 43% fewer than in November last year. Foreign tourists generated approximately 138,900 arrivals and 360,700 overnight stays (65% more than in November 2021).

The largest share of foreign overnight stays generated by tourists from Austria

Tourists from Austria generated the largest share of foreign overnight stays (46,700 or 13% of all foreign overnight stays). They were followed by tourists from Italy (12%), Croatia (11%), Serbia (9%) and Germany (7%).

The most visited municipality was Ljubljana

As regards the types of municipalities, the largest share of tourist overnight stays was recorded in health (spa) resorts (34%), the most in municipality Moravske Toplice. They were followed by Ljubljana (18%), seaside resorts (16%) and mountain resorts (12%).

Domestic tourists mostly spent the nights in the municipalities of Piran, Moravske Toplice and Brežice. Foreign tourists mostly stayed in the municipalities of Ljubljana, Maribor and Piran. 

Most overnight stays in hotels

Domestic and foreign tourists generated the most overnight stays in hotels (387,200 stays or 60% of all overnight stays and 5% fewer than a year ago), followed by private accommodations – rented rooms, dwellings (13% of all overnight stays or 34% fewer than a year ago). 

Almost 14.9 million tourist overnight stays in the first eleven months of the year

From the beginning of January to the end of November, around 5.6 million tourists visited Slovenia. They generated almost 14.9 million overnight stays, 42% more than in the same period last year.

Domestic tourists generated 5.2 million overnight stays or 35% of all overnight stays so far, while foreign tourists generated 9.6 million or 65% of all.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.

Tourist overnight stays, Slovenia1)
Tourist overnight stays, Slovenia<sup>1)</sup>
1) Data for November 2022 are provisional.
Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by key markets from which the tourists come, Slovenia1)
Tourist arrivalsOvernight stays
XI 2022I–XI 2022XI 2022
XI 2021
I–XI 2022
I–XI 2021
XI 2022I–XI 2022XI 2022
XI 2021
I–XI 2022
I–XI 2021
number
number
index
index
number
number
index
index
Total241,6965,568,68994.2150.2646,49014,851,51390.1141.6
Domestic102,8171,818,21255.992.8285,7955,209,59957.388.1
Foreign138,8793,750,477191.2214.3360,6959,641,914164.9210.8
  from Austria18,952339,845260.0208.446,725838,543239.8201.3
  from Italy22,699377,930192.5254.144,718805,781190.3245.3
  from Croatia19,043190,167279.5368.838,395439,527208.4319.6
  from Serbia11,522109,400211.8278.131,030303,032149.2223.7
  from Germany8,699672,458192.0164.126,0461,772,169183.4167.6
1) Data for November 2022 are provisional.
Tourist arrivals and overnight stays by types of tourist municipalities and by tourist accommodation establishments, Slovenia1)
Tourist arrivalsOvernight stays
XI 2022I–XI 2022XI 2022
XI 2021
I–XI 2022
I–XI 2021
XI 2022I–XI 2022XI 2022
XI 2021
I–XI 2022
I–XI 2021
number
number
index
index
number
number
index
index
Total241,6965,568,68994.2150.2646,49014,851,51390.1141.6
Types of tourist municipalities
  health (spa) resorts67,309872,79386.8131.0217,6892,938,57488.9126.3
  mountain resorts36,2361,793,89783.2150.679,5264,688,58176.5150.6
  seaside resorts35,730930,58575.9125.0105,9413,001,45276.4116.7
  Ljubljana, the capital48,009849,232146.5224.5113,1581,830,051143.9232.2
  urban municipalities24,267411,111119.4179.469,845908,388112.3171.5
  other municipalities30,145711,07185.4142.560,3311,484,46767.8128.3
Tourist accomm. establishments
  hotels154,8822,407,162101.5160.8387,2426,140,55595.1149.0
  private accommodations – rented rooms, dwellings31,9231,149,47269.1141.384,7143,374,99866.1134.9
  temporary accommodation establishments and marinas1,66471,137150.6169.032,405325,529122.6161.7
  camping sites9,775811,28093.7136.929,3342,324,894103.1132.8
  vacation establishments7,486100,339126.7170.822,619336,572129.3155.8
1) Data for November 2022 are provisional.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Final data on tourist arrivals and overnight stays for November 2022 will be published on 25. January 2023 in the SiStat Database. 

Data are not seasonally adjusted.

From January 2022 on, an updated classification of types of tourist municipalities is being used. The municipality of Krško is now classified under urban municipalities (and no longer under other municipalities). 

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations
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