January 12 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists in Macedonia rose 5% on the year to 814,742 in the eleven months through November, the country's statistics office said on Thursday.
The number of overnights spent by tourists in the January-November period edged up 2.7% year-on-year to 2.38 million.
Domestic tourists numbered 330,641, up 5.3%, whereas international visitors increased 4.8% to 484,101.
In November alone, the total number of tourists staying in Macedonia rose 5.7% year-on-year to 44,162, while overnights increased 3.4% to 97,980.
The number of domestic tourists in November rose 5.3% to 17,715, whereas international tourists visiting Macedonia increased to 26,447, up 5.9%.
Of the total number of foreign tourists in November, 12.3% came from Turkey. Greece followed with 10.9%, and Serbia came in third with 9.6%.