August 22 (SeeNews) - The number of foreign tourists who visited Bosnia in the first half of 2016 grew 9.9% on the year to 325,961, data from the country's statistics office showed on Monday.
The total number of tourists in the country increased by an annual 8% to 505,991 through June, the office said in a statement.
Total tourist overnights in January-June totalled 1,016,778, up 6.9% year-on-year. Out of them, foreign tourist overnights accounted for 65.9%, or 670,080, up 10.4% on the year.
Visitors from Croatia accounted for 14.5% of foreign overnights in the first six months, followed by nationals from Turkey with an 11.1% share, and from Serbia with 10.9%.
In June alone, tourist arrivals fell 2.1% on the year and by 22.5% on the month to 104,555, while overnights dropped 3.8% year-on-year and 19.8% on the month to 206,990. Foreign tourists made up 66.4% of all overnights realised in June.