Serbia visited by 2.4 million tourists since the beginning of 2019

In the first seven months of 2019, Serbia was visited by 2.4 million tourists, which is 5% more compared to the same period last year, according to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

Of the total number of tourists, 1.7 million were local guests, which is a growth of 6% compared to the same period in 2018, whereas the number of foreign visitors jumped by 5% to 970,699, as announced by the Tourism Organization of Serbia.

The number of overnight stays has also grown by 6% to 5.68 million.

When it comes to overnight stays, local guests stayed at spas the most (37%), followed by mountain places (36%), whereas the foreigners stayed in Belgrade the most, followed by Novi Sad, Kopaonik, Zlatibor, Vrnjacka Banja and Sokobanja.

Observing the locations, most local tourists spent their vacations on Zlatibor, in Vrnjacka Banja, Sokobanja and on Kopaonik.

When it comes to foreign tourists, the largest number of overnight stays in the January-July period was realized by tourists from B&H, followed by tourists from China, Montenegro, Turkey and Russia.

There's been a considerable growth of the number of tourists from China, by 51%. The number of overnight stays by tourists from Russia grew by 40%, from Germany by 21%, from Croatia by 17%, from Bosnia and Herzegovina by 15% and from Turkey by 14%.

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