Thus, the total number of tourists in June 2017 was 89,787, which is by 25, 7 % more in comparison to June last year, and by 13.1 % compared to July 2017. More foreign tourists visited BiH in June in comparison to domestic tourists. Thus, domestic tourists who visited BiH in June made 16.1 % of overall visits, and foreign tourists made 83.9 %. The total number of tourist overnight stays amounted to 166,973 in June this year, which is by 20.8 % more than in the same month last year, and by 13.3 % in comparison to July this year.
Among tourists who visited BiH in June, most of them were from Poland – 6885, and they also recorded the largest number of overnight stays – 15,683 or 11.2 %.
After tourists from Poland, the most numerous were tourists from Italy. Thus, 4,018 of them or 5.4 % visited BiH in June, and they realized 10,279 or 7.3 % of the overnight stays. The third among the tourists who visited BiH were those from Croatia – 5286, and they achieved 8842 or 6.3 % of the overnight stays.
There were 5668 or 7.6 % of tourists from Turkey who visited BiH, and they achieved 8436 or 6 % of the overnight stays. We also had 3595 tourists from the US, and they achieved 7724 or 5.5 % of the overnight stays.
There were 28,324 tourists from other countries who visited BiH and they achieved 57,309 or 63.7 % of the overnight stays.
When it comes to the structure of overnight stays of foreign tourists in BiH, most of the overnight stays were realized by tourists from Croatia – 8.8 % and Turkey – 8.8 %.
(Source: fokus.ba)