Tourist arrivals decreased by 19.2% and tourist nights by 24.2% in March 2025 compared to March 2024

Foreign tourist realised 65.4% of total nights realised in March 2025

In March 2025, there were 433 thousand tourist arrivals and 1.0 million tourist nights realised in commercial accommodation establishments, which was a decrease of 19.2% in tourist arrivals and of 24.2% in tourist nights compared to March 2024. Concerning the total realised tourist nights in commercial accommodation establishments, 34.6% of them were realised by domestic tourists and 65.4% by foreign tourists in March 2025.

Domestic tourists realised 174 thousand arrivals and 346 thousand nights, which was 4.7% more arrivals, while the number of nights remained at the same level as in March 2024.

Foreign tourists realised 260 thousand arrivals and 656 thousand nights, which was 29.9% less arrivals and 32.8% less nights compared to March 2024.

Tourists from Slovenia the most numerous for the third month in a row

In March 2025, tourists from Slovenia realised the most tourist nights, as many as 115 thousand of them, which accounted for 17.6% of the total realised foreign tourist nights. Compared to March 2024, Slovenian tourists realised 7.6% less nights. These were followed by nights realised by tourists from Germany (12.3%), Austria (10.3%), Italy (6.2%), the USA (5.7%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.2%), Serbia (3.7%) and the United Kingdom (3.6%).

Accommodation in hotels the most popular and tourists aged 35 to 44 years realised the most nights

In March 2025, tourists realised the most nights in hotel accommodation, as many as 639 thousand, which accounted for 63.8% of the total nights realised in commercial accommodation establishments. Compared to March 2024, there were 17.9% fewer tourist nights realised in hotel accommodation.

Tourists aged 35 to 44 years realised the most tourist nights in March 2025, as many as 181 thousand of them, which accounted for 18.1% of the total realised nights. These were followed by tourist nights realised by tourists aged 45 to 54 years, with 171 thousand nights, which accounted for 17.1% of the total realised nights.
 
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