PRISTINA (Kosovo), June 6 (SeeNews) – The number of foreign tourists who visited Kosovo in the first quarter of 2019 rose 2.7% year-on-year to 37,953, the country's statistical office said.
The number of overnights spent by foreign tourists in Kosovo's hotels increased to 63,260 in January-March from 51,132 in the same period a year earlier, the statistical office said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Most of the foreign visitors to Kosovo came from Albania, Turkey and Germany. The capital Pristina and the city of Prizren were the top tourist destinations.
Details on tourist visits to Kosovo follow:
|
Q1'19 |
Q1'18 |
Total number of tourists |
65,265 |
64,501 |
-foreign |
37,953 |
36,968 |
-domestic |
27,312 |
27,533 |
Total overnights |
104,907 |
86,227 |
-foreign |
63,260 |
51,132 |
-domestic |
41,647 |
35,095 |
Kosovo's statistical office said that in the first quarter of 2019 only 10.5% of the country's hotel capacity was used.
Kosovo's statistical office considers as tourists people who spend at least one night in a hotel in the country, and not the number of persons crossing the border.