In August, overnights fell by an annual 7.6% to 648,542 with foreigners accounting for 80,859 of the total, the statistics office said in a statement.
A total of 446,542 tourists visited Macedonia in the first eight months of 2009, down by 1.1% on the year. Overnights for the period decreased by an annual 6.2% to 1,775,719.
Macedonia’s tourist numbers and overnights (y/y pct change in brackets):
Aug'09 | Jan-Aug'09 | |
Tourists | 110,837 (-5.0) | 446,542 (-1.1) |
- Local | 81,116 (-5.8) | 267,395 (-6.1) |
- Foreign | 29,721 (-2.7) | 179,147 (+7.4) |
Overnights | 648,542 (-7.6) | 1,775,719 (-6.2) |
- Local | 567,683 (-7.8) | 1,370,815 (-8.5) |
- Foreign | 80,859 (-5.7) | 404,904 (+2.5) |