Number of tourists in Serbia increases by 12% in 2017

In 2017, a total of 3.08 million tourists visited Serbia, an increase by 12% compared to the January-December period of 2016, as shown by the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. As announced by the Tourism Organization of Serbia, there were 1.59 million local tourists (+8%), amounting to 51% of the total number of guests, and 1.49 million (+17%) foreign ones, amounting to 49%.

As added, there were 8.3 million overnight stays in 2017 (an increase by 11% compared to 2016), with local tourists making 5.1 million overnight stays (+7%), comprising 62% of the total number of overnight stays, whereas foreign tourists made 3.2 million overnight stays (+16%), or 38% of the total number.

Local guests made the most overnight stays in spas (38%) and mountain places (34%), whereas foreign guests made the most overnight stays in Belgrade (53%). The most popular place among the local tourists is Vrnjacka Banja (603,279 overnight stays, up 5% compared to 2016), followed by Zlatibor, Kopaonik, Belgrade, Sokobanja, whereas, aside from Serbia's capital, foreigners find Novi Sad, Zlatibor, Kopaonik and Vrnjacka Banja the most interesting.

The biggest number of overnight stays in 2017 was made by tourists from Bosnia and Herzegovina (234,758, up 5% from 2016), followed by those from Montenegro, Turkey, Croatia, Russia etc.

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