Tourist overnights decreased by an annual 1.5% to some 2.0 million through October, with foreign nationals accounting for over 737,000 of the total, the statistics office said in a statement.
In October alone, a total of 51,512 tourists visited Macedonia, up by 4.3% on the year, while overnights rose by an annual 2.8% to 122,498.
Macedonia’s tourist numbers and overnights (y/y pct change in brackets):
Oct'12 | Jan-Oct'12 | |
Tourists | 51,512 (+4.3) | 597,481 (+2.7) |
- Domestic | 18,390 (+4.5) | 283,400 (-3.2) |
- Foreign | 33,122 (+4.2) | 314,081 (+8.6) |
Overnights | 122,498 (+2.8) | 2,007,852 (-1.5) |
- Domestic | 48,670 (-2.0) | 1,270,835 (-6.2) |
- Foreign | 73,828 (+6.2) | 737,017 (+7.8) |