SKOPJE (North Macedonia), December 13 (SeeNews) – The number of foreign tourists who visited North Macedonia in the ten months through October increased by 6.1% year-on-year to 673,870, the country's statistical office said.
The number of domestic tourists rose 1.8% to 385,167 in the period under review, Makstat said in a statement on Thursday.
The total number of tourists staying in the country in the review period increased by 4.5% year-on-year, reaching 1,059,037.
The number of overnights spent by tourists in North Macedonia in the January-October period rose 2.4% to 3,007,120.
In October alone, the total number of tourists staying in North Macedonia increased by 17% year-on-year to 97,347, including 68,831 foreign nationals.
Out of the total number of foreign tourists who visited North Macedonia in October, 13.6% came from Turkey, 10.5% from Greece and 6.3% from Bulgaria.