Tourism in Czech

  • UNWTO: International tourism – strongest half-year results since 2010

    AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09 Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010. Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
  • A large drop in foreign tourists to the Czech Republic

    CZECH, 2013/08/11 A large drop in foreign tourists to the Czech Republic was to blame for the drop in tourism revenue, inclunding cheaper accommodations. Congress (MICE) tourism in the Czech Republic fell in the initial half this year as the number of congresses and conferences dropped by 22 % for the previous year to 5,256. Recently the Prague Convention Bureau opened a North American bureau in Texas to attract conferences to the golden city. Doctors’ conventions and company incentive trips are on the target inventory.