The largest numbers of tourists in Slovakia head to the traditional region of Liptov and the nearby High Tatra mountains, while Bratislava has the busiest accommodation facilities, according to a UniCredit Bank analysis released on Monday. Domestic tourists continue to make up the majority of guests in Slovak accommodation facilities, while foreign tourists predominate only in the Bratislava region (54 percent). Conversely, foreign tourists occupy only a 15-percent share of accommodation in the Banská Bystrica region. The Trnava region also has a relatively high number of foreign tourists, but this is mainly due to the internationally renowned Piešťany Spa.
Gross occupation of accommodation facilities in Slovakia last year increased to 21 percent - the highest figure in at least the past 15 years. While tourist interest in accommodation in all eight of Slovakia's regions increased by 7 percent last year when compared to the previous one, the average length of accommodation stays fell from 2.81 to 2.78 nights. Spa towns far exceed the average, while Bratislava and the Small Carpathian mountains are at the opposite end. The analysis pointed to an extremely low occupation rate for facilities in the traditional regions of Zemplín (eastern Slovakia), Kysuce (north-western Slovakia), Záhorie (far west) and Novohrad (southern Slovakia).
