Tourist arrivals in the ten months of 2008 were 206,119, or 10.4% more than a year earlier, the Serb Republic's Statistics Office said in a statement posted on its website.
The number of tourist overnights rose by 6.7% year-on-year in October to 55,234. Most foreign tourists visiting the Serb Republic came from neighbouring Serbia, followed by tourists from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.
The Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation are the two autonomous parts of war-divided Bosnia.
Bosnia's Serb Republic tourist arrivals and overnights:
Oct'08 | Sept'08 | Oct'07 | |
Tourists | 21,498 | 20,929 | 19,100 |
-Domestic | 12,675 | 12,524 | 11,616 |
-Foreign | 8,823 | 8,405 | 7,484 |
Overnights | 55,234 | 59,136 | 51,772 |
-Domestic | 38,164 | 41,382 | 33,974 |
-Foreign | 17,070 | 17,754 | 17,798 |
Bosnia Serb Republic accommodation capacity:
Oct'08 | Sept'08 | Oct'07 | |
Rooms | 3,838 | 3,724 | 3,747 |
Beds | 8,141 | 7,896 | 7,763 |