In July, overnights fell by an annual 9.5% to 624,613 with foreigners accounting for 72,525 of the total, the statistics office said in a statement.
A total of 335,705 tourists visited Macedonia in the first seven months of 2009, up by 0.3% on the year. Overnights for the period decreased by an annual 5.4% to 1,127,177.
Macedonia’s tourist numbers and overnights (y/y pct change in brackets):
July'09 | Jan-July'09 | |
Tourists | 105,051 (-4.0) | 335,705 (+0.3) |
- Local | 76,120 (-8.6) | 186,279 (-6.2) |
- Foreign | 28,931 (+10.5) | 149,426 (+9.7) |
Overnights | 624,613 (-9.5) | 1,127,177 (-5.4) |
- Local | 552,088 (-10.7) | 803,132 (-8.9) |
- Foreign | 72,525 (+0.1) | 324,045 (+4.7) |